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This Old West town's small force juggles city and county duties.
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The decision of whether or not to carry a backup gun, while a personal one in most cases, is just as obviously important in this and many other situations.
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The Orange County Sheriff's Department in California is giving deputies digital video cameras to film family disturbance calls. The 20 cameras cost $20,000 and will help provide evidence for domestic violence cases.
Read More →The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is one of only two police agencies nationally (the other is the Michigan State Police) that test current and prototype police vehicles.
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There are countless other agencies of different sizes, each tasked with making the waters of their jurisdictions safe for recreational boating and business use.
Read More →Sandra Antor was not look for fame when she set out on a 745- mile journey from her hometown of Miami to visit friends in January 1996. But the 26-year-old nursing student's hesitance to pull over promptly for a South Carolina patrolman who was pursuing her in an unmarked car landed her and the officer in the national news. The situation raised new question about the public's perception of police.
Read More →You've made a traffic stop and the suspect does not respond to your verbal commands. He moves his index finger from his ear to his mouth. Then he begins to reach for the glove compartment. Many veteran patrol officers say they've had to forcefully arrest or almost tire their weapon under similar circumstances-only to discover the subject they thought was being aggressive or uncooperative was deaf or hearing impaired.
Read More →Before you go scurrying to your training manuals to find out how someone can be arrested for a felony when the basic crime is a misdemeanor, take a look at how San Diego (Calif.) police have managed to curb the number of domestic abuse homicides. Through an innovative domestic abuse policy, San Diego now has one of the lowest rates of domestic violence homicides in the country.
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