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NEWS: Security cameras added across campus
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NEWS: Security cameras added across campus

NEWS: Security cameras added across campus By Mireilly GonzalezManaging EditorPublished Tuesday, March 21, 2023 Recently, TAMIU added security cameras around campus. They report back wirelessly. One of the people who oversees this project is Senior Director of Clery Compliance and Contact Administration Trevor Liddle. “We began the purchasing process actually last spring—a little over a year ago,” Liddle said. “We were able to get the cameras … here in the fall and we began the testing and programming phase, and we rolled them out into general use in January. So we actually have them, right now, stationed and they’re highly visible.” Joy Davis | BridgeOne of the new campus security cameras attached to one of the campus buildings. In 2022 alone, there were six hit-and-run...
FEATURE: New police chief focuses on training officers, improving campus outreach
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FEATURE: New police chief focuses on training officers, improving campus outreach

FEATURE: New police chief focuses on training officers, improving campus outreach By Mireilly GonzalezManaging EditorPublished Tuesday, March 21, 2023 About seven months into her tenure as TAMIU’s new police chief, Cordelia G. Perez focuses on officer training and improving community outreach. She started the leadership position on Aug. 1, 2022. Recently, she collaborated with Border Patrol to train her officers on fingerprinting. Mireilly Gonzalez | BridgeTAMIU Police Department Chief Cordelia Perez “We’ve [started to work] very closely with other agencies like Laredo PD, federal agencies like the FBI, the [Drug Enforcement Agency], and the [Webb County] Sheriff’s Department to name just a few,” Perez said. “We’ve been able to bring two classes already, one was the basic f...
NEWS: Alumna becomes first female TAMIU police chief
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NEWS: Alumna becomes first female TAMIU police chief

NEWS: Alumna becomes first female TAMIU police chief By David Gomez Jr.Editor-in-chiefPublished Monday, Nov. 7, 2022 TAMIU installs an alumni member as its first female TAMIU police chief. “She’s a role model and truly represents our ‘Go Beyond’ vision for our campus, its students and its graduates,” Texas A&M International University President Pablo Arenaz said in a press release. “We look forward to her leadership and service here.” David Gomez Jr. | BridgeNew TAMIU Police Department Chief Cordelia G. Perez, left, gets sworn in during a Sept. 30 ceremony. New TAMIU Police Department Chief Cordelia G. Perez was sworn in during a Friday, Sept. 30, ceremony in the Sue and Radcliffe Killam Library Great Room. “I’m really excited to get started and we’d like to get out ...
TAMIU announces second doctoral program
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TAMIU announces second doctoral program

TAMIU announces second doctoral program By Gabriel ArredondoBridge Staff InternPublished Wednesday, May 5, 2021 There is a new doctorate in the house at TAMIU. Last week, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved Texas A&M International University’s new doctoral program in criminal justice. The program begins this fall for the University’s second doctor’s degree in its 50-year history. TAMIU President Pablo Arenaz said the degree’s addition moves the University closer to a whole new classification. Jessica Rodriguez | BridgeAdministrators pose for a photo to celebrate the announcement of a new TAMIU doctoral program in criminal justice on Monday, May 3, at the Academic Innovation Center. Pictured from left: Associate Professor and Department of Social Sciences...
Law and Justice

Sex Traffic A Growing Problem Worldwide

By Diana Gaytan   According to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, there were 7,527 reported cases in 2016. 5,551 of them were cases of human sex trafficking.     In the state of Texas, 670 cases of human trafficking were reported in 2016. 473 of those cases involved sex trafficking and 574 of those victims were females. (more…)
Law and Justice

When TV Watches Back

Earlier this year, Vizio was found guilty of collecting data on approximately 11 million consumer TVs without the user’s knowledge or consent, according to the Federal Trade Commission. (more…)
Law and Justice

Domestic Violence in Mexico

By María F. Rodríguez Domestic violence is defined by acts of violence performed in a house between any members of the family.  The aggressor can be either spouse or even children, but most of the time, women are the victims and men are the perpetrators. (more…)
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I Am Not For Sale

By Amy Cortina Human trafficking generates $150 billion in annual profit; this makes it the world third largest illegal market, trailing closely behind the narcotics market. Humans are used as the product for this rapidly growing industry; many believe that slavery was abolished 151 years ago but we are currently living in the era of modern day slavery. Most people associate human trafficking with smuggling people into a country but humans are also trafficked for other reasons such as forced labor, organ extraction, and for sex exploitation. (more…)
Law and Justice

Teenage Dating Violence in Local High Schools

By Jessica Ayala Teen dating violence (TDV) is a pattern of behavior that includes physical, emotional, verbal or sexual abuse by one person in an intimate relationship to exert power and control over another. In Laredo, Texas teenage dating violence has become more common, and often times has been reported as life threatening to teenagers ages 13-19 years old. In local high schools, approximately 1 in 5 female students reports being physically or sexually abused by a dating partner. (more…)
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