Between 2024 and 2025, the Boerne Police Department saw an increase in the number of general calls for service by 8.3%, increasing from 24,158 to 26,162. Of the 26,162 calls in 2025, 24,662 were 911 calls. Boerne City Council on Feb. 24 reviewed the Annual Police Department Report and the racial profiling report.

Breaking it down: The total number of arrests in 2025 was 10.2% higher than in 2024, with a total of 561 throughout the year, according to the report. Of those arrests, 147 were for felonies, while the remaining 414 were for misdemeanors.

In 2025, the police department had:

• 8,547 total traffic stops
• 338 total searches during those traffic stops
• 138 times contraband was discovered during searches
• 119 arrests made from those traffic stops

Scooter’s Coffee has closed its closest location to Boerne, but a new rebranded coffee shop has taken its place just off of Hwy. 46.

What residents should know: Pit Stop Cafe opened on Feb. 23 at 1 S. FM 3351, Ste. 150, store management told Community Impact.

Staff said the shop has the same owners and employee base as before, with a similar menu and expanded food options.

The business is no longer associated with the Scooter’s Coffee branding.

On the menu: Pit Stop Cafe baristas offer customers a full espresso menu featuring iced and hot coffee, tea and more, according to their website. There’s also a new selection of dirty sodas, staff said.

The context: According to previous reporting from Community Impact, Scooter's Coffee may not be gone forever near Boerne—a new location with entirely different ownership is being planned off of I-10, near Cascade Caverns Road.

• 1 FM 3351, Ste. 150, Boerne

More self-driving cars may be seen on the streets of San Antonio as a new ride-hailing business has just launched in the city.

What residents should know: Rideshare service Waymo officially launched to the public on Feb. 24, according to a news release from the company.

“Waymo is serving more riders than ever, as we are on track to serve over one million rides per week by the end of this year,” Tekedra Mawakana, the co-CEO of Waymo, said in the news release.

What’s special about it? Waymo’s self-driving vehicles are operated by AI-powered, fully autonomous “Waymo Drivers,” according to their website.

• Serving San Antonio area

Dozens of Texans shared their feedback Feb. 25 on the current phase of a lengthy revision of the state’s social studies curriculum standards. Parents, educators and students urged the State Board of Education to slow the revision process down and give those drafting the new curriculum more time to work.

The overview: The state is currently overhauling the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for social studies, which are the standards dictating what public school students should learn at each grade level. The board is expected to adopt the new standards this summer before they are rolled out to classrooms in 2030.

“We have one opportunity to get this right for an entire generation of students,” said Meghan Dougherty, an Austin-area social studies specialist involved in the revision process.

Zooming in: Several educators involved in drafting the new curriculum plan said current proposals included "too much content" with a heavy emphasis on Texas history, while some appointed content advisers and SBOE members argued schools should teach lessons focused on "American exceptionalism [and] Texan exceptionalism."