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The Polk County Jail is the largest mental health and substance-use disorder housing facility in the county. Studies show that 44% of jail inmates have some sort of mental health disorder and 63% of inmates have a substance-use disorder.
Read More →Police say an Alabama deputy sheriff found in a parked car outside a law enforcement training died from an apparent suicide.
Read More →Chesterfield County Sheriff Cambo Streater said he learned about “possible misconduct by three of our deputies” last week.
Read More →Deputy Ronald Bates served with the Harris County Sheriff's Office for 31 years and was a loving husband, father, brother and mentor, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said
Read More →"They can stop calling. Those vehicles will be held by us until those court cases have been settled," Sheriff Patrick Withrow said in a video on Facebook.
Read More →Sheriff Al Nienhuis said the bomb is probably inert; however, due to the bomb being so rusted and decayed, there’s no way of telling if it’s live or inert.
Read More →Sheriff Carmine Marceno said the suspect was holding a female hostage in a “headlock” and threatening her with a knife when the sniper took the shot.
Read More →Ken Prorok, 51, was killed during a pursuit near the I-29. He was reportedly “intentionally struck” while deploying spikes.
Read More →“So I checked my heart rate, it was about 160,” said Deputy Luke Heyman. “I thought it was just a malfunction of the watch or just an erroneous reading.”
Read More →The motion states, in part: "[Sheriff] has failed to faithfully and efficiently perform the duties of his Office and improperly exercised and acted outside of his legal authority..."
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