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Inside the Badge by Paul ClintonOctober 26, 2009

L.A. County Sheriff Tests 2010 Patrol Vehicles

Each year, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department pushes the new crop of patrol vehicles to their limit at a California speedway, as part of an annual performance and safety evaluation.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 7, 2009

Feds Strip Sheriff Arpaio of Immigration Powers

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said he would continue his "crime suppression" sweeps to enforce immigration laws in Arizona, after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security stripped him of powers to arrest illegals based solely on their immigration status, the East Valley Tribune reports.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 30, 2009

Wisconsin Deputies Punished For Effigy Video

Two deputies with the Calumet County Sheriff's office are no longer in their previous posts, after posting a video of them burning a uniform in effigy while off duty on their Facebook page, the Post-Crescent reports.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 29, 2009

Kansas Deputy Dies After Exchanging Gunfire With Suspect

Sedgwick County sheriff's deputy Brian S. Etheridge has died as a result of injuries he sustained from a gunshot wound while pursuing a suspect Monday near Wichita, Kan., KansasCity.com reports.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 24, 2009

Massive Police Raid Targets Brutal L.A. Gang

Los Angeles cop Juan Aguilar has been battling the Avenues hoodlums long enough to have seen the gang at its most vicious. During his five years working an anti-gang detail on streets the Avenues claim as their own in the city's northeastern reaches, gang members are accused of gunning down a man in broad daylight as he held his 2-year-old granddaughter's hand, opening fire on LAPD officers with an assault rifle and killing a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 24, 2009

California Deputies Shoot and Kill Car Theft Suspect

A suspected car thief was shot and killed by Contra Costa County, Calif., sheriff's deputies in Bay Point after he tried to ram them, the second fatal incident involving deputies within a week, authorities said today.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 21, 2009

L.A. County Deputies Kill Three Armed Suspects in Weekend Incidents

Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies shot and killed three armed suspects in separate incidents over the weekend, bringing the total number of fatal deputy-involved shootings so far this year to 13.

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Articlesby Bryn BailerSeptember 17, 2009

Douglas County (Colo.) Sheriff's Detention Unit

Inmates at Douglas County Detention Center in Colorado are indeed being punished, but the deputies who work there don't style themselves as punishers. Rather, they work as enforcers and facilitators-maintaining order and teaching life skills that will hopefully reduce the number of "repeat customers" to the jail.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 15, 2009

Former California Assistant Sheriff Gets 27-Month Sentence

A onetime assistant sheriff and trusted aide of convicted former Orange County Sheriff Michael S. Carona was sentenced Monday to 27 months in prison for scheming to defraud the public of honest services and filing a false tax return.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 1, 2009

Man Arrested After Selling Stolen Bike at California Sheriff's Fundraiser

The Alameda County Sheriff's Office annual flea market fundraiser was probably the last place a San Lorenzo shopper expected to see her grandson's stolen bicycle for sale.

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