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Newsby Staff WriterJune 24, 2008

Shaq Stripped of Special Deputy Badge for Kobe Rap

Shaquille O’Neal will lose his special deputy’s badge in Maricopa County because of language he used in a rap video that mocks former teammate Kobe Bryant. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said the Phoenix Suns center’s use of a racially derogatory word and other foul language left him no choice. Arpaio made Shaq a special deputy in 2006 and promoted him to colonel of his largely ceremonial posse later that year.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 17, 2008

Orange County Supervisors Investigating Sheriff's Department Overtime

County supervisors said Monday that they will order their performance auditor to conduct an in-depth study of the Orange County Sheriff's Department overtime spending, which has soared beyond the $41 million mark in recent years.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 13, 2008

Georgia Deputy Killed Day Laborer After Attack on Wife

The DeKalb County, Ga., sheriff's deputy who told police he was forced to shoot an intruder who attacked his wife had brought the man into his home as a laborer, newly released records show. The shoot out - described by Derrick Yancey as the laborer shooting his wife, Linda, and Yancey shooting the laborer - erupted when the man tried to rob the couple, according to DeKalb police records.

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Inside the Badge by Dean ScovilleJune 13, 2008

Courage When It Counts

Yesterday, Sheriff Lee Baca said something that needed to be articulated a long time ago. That there's an ongoing race problem between blacks and Hispanics in Los Angeles County that is resulting in deaths on both sides.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 12, 2008

Sandra Hutchens Chosen as Orange County Sheriff

The Orange County (Calif.) Board of Supervisors made the appointment in a split 3-2 vote that, even with its final two candidates of Hutchens and Santa Ana Police Chief Paul Walters, revealed a choice for an outsider who had no ties to former Sheriff Mike Carona.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 10, 2008

Fuel Costs Trim Raise for N.M. Deputies

Torrance County, N.M., sheriff's deputies will not be getting as big a raise as they thought this year because the sheriff's department is spending more than planned for fuel.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 6, 2008

Suspect In Tenn. Deputy's Fatal Shooting Dies

A man suspected of killing a Grundy County (Tenn.) sheriff's deputy and wounding another officer has died after authorities said he shot himself at the end of a daylong manhunt, a hospital supervisor said.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 21, 2008

Gangster Disciples Targeted in Chicago Drug Sweep

Federal agents and Cook County sheriff's officers moved out at 6 a.m. Wednesday in a sweep aimed at the Gangster Disciples, one of the city's most powerful street gangs.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 21, 2008

LA County Sheriff Picks Remington 870 Pump-Action Shotguns

The Remington Arms Company Inc. will provide the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department with 4,200 new Model 870 shotguns under a new contract, according to the company.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 16, 2008

Ariz. Governor Cuts Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Resources

An executive order signed by Gov. Janet Napolitano has prompted state police to cancel a $1.6 million agreement with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office and, instead, use the money to create a fugitive task force.

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