{"id":2228715,"date":"2026-01-09T18:57:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T18:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2228715"},"modified":"2026-01-09T18:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T18:57:16","slug":"brownsville-police-introduce-impact-team-as-part-of-crackdown-in-entertainment-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/brownsville-police-introduce-impact-team-as-part-of-crackdown-in-entertainment-district\/","title":{"rendered":"Brownsville police introduce &#8216;impact team&#8217; as part of crackdown in entertainment district"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"highlight-story-6DEB0D90-F50E-40F4-B9BE19B2560F91ED\">\n<p>\n<link rel=\"preload\" href=\"https:\/\/dcer237tfveol.cloudfront.net\/v2\/jWIJguIZ8KrlI8yrP9GU9QT1RTgD1gtjmj9B3cpKtBQBEfonhT-y4PCiMK2Z4Gi0ngZvySIhPy9VOVLfgvXPbtUkvknodkt1dmujdx7vWkugpAtgdO2wGLcAA7MYJa6prJ9xpicJZq1CtMkQdCdYkA\" as=\"image\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>To help improve safety in the Midtown Entertainment District, the Brownsville Police Department has introduced an &#8220;impact team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s made up of officers who patrol the area during peak hours, along with new technology to support those efforts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We did see more establishments in that area. Also, a lot that we&#8217;re accounting for is the patrols that the officers set up. So every time an officer is getting down in that area to make sure that everything&#8217;s under control, they call it off to dispatch, and a call gets generated,&#8221; Brownsville police spokesperson Abril Luna said.<\/p>\n<p>Brownsville police shared some statistics with Channel 5 News that show the number of calls coming from the bar district over the years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED COVERAGE:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.krgv.com\/news\/new-ordinance-enforces-new-rules-for-businesses-in-brownsville-bar-district\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New ordinance enforces new rules for businesses in Brownsville bar district<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2023, police responded to 921 calls, but that number dropped to 577 calls in 2024 and in 2025 calls increased to 765.<\/p>\n<p>Police say these numbers represent only some of the calls officers have responded to in the district.<\/p>\n<p>The city is working to enforce an ordinance that would regulate businesses serving alcohol between midnight and 2 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The final reading of that ordinance is set for later this month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\nvar js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\nif (d.getElementById(id)) return;\njs = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\njs.src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2\";\nfjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.krgv.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To help improve safety in the Midtown Entertainment District, the Brownsville Police Department has introduced an &#8220;impact team.&#8221; It&#8217;s made up of officers who patrol the area during peak hours, along with new technology to support those efforts. &#8220;We did see more establishments in that area. 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