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"There was enough there that we could have potentially pursued probable cause affidavit so we could arrest him and take him off the street," Sheriff Gregory Tony said. "I'm basically saying we had a chance to save their loved ones life and we failed."
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Polk County Deputy Lindsey Clem, 30, arrived on scene where she was confronted by the unidentified man coming toward her and pulling a knife from his pocket. Clem told the man to drop the knife several times, Sheriff Grady Judd said.
Read More →Pinellas County (Fla.) Sheriff's Sgt. Raymond Fleming was among the deputies who pursued Kentin Dion Brooks during his campaign of vehicular terror. Dep. Jeffrey Newman performed the PIT maneuver on the black Mustang, and then Brooks opened up on the officers with a 9mm handgun from behind tinted windows. Deputies fired 39 rounds, ending the shoreline gunfight northwest of St. Petersburg. Read the full story in our "Shot Fired: Pinellas County, Florida 10/28/2009." Photos are courtesy of PCSO.
Read More →Watch the dash-cam footage of Pinellas County (Fla.) Sheriff's Dep. Jeffrey Newman, who performed the PIT maneuver on Kentin Dion Brooks' black Ford Mustang on Oct. 28, 2009. Brooks then opened up on the deputies with a 9mm handgun from behind tinted windows. This footage shows rounds fired by the Pinellas deputies exiting the Mustang and striking the grass parkway.
Read More →Kentin Dion Brooks' life had spun out of control long before his car did. Pinellas County Sheriff's Sgt. Raymond Fleming's only misgiving about the tactics of the incident was the relative proximity of Brooks' vehicle to the deputies' cars at the terminus of the pursuit. But even this is understandable given the speeds and the officers' needs to react to its sudden conclusion.
Read More →The sheriff says multiple cars run from deputies every day, and this new initiative will serve as a message to abide by the law.
Read More →According to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, there have been six vehicle seizures under a policy launched over a month ago that aims to reduce dangerous high-speed police chases.
Read More →The Hillsborough County (FL) Sheriff’s Office has arrested a suspect accused of shooting at an HCSO deputy eight times early Sunday morning during a traffic stop.
Read More →Orange County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Deputy Jennifer Fulford had a lot on her mind on May 5, 2004. Having just paid for her wedding dress, the logistics of her nuptials were weighing on the 31-year-old deputy as she began her patrol. There was still so much to do, and time was a precious commodity.
Read More →A deputy with the Pinellas County (FL) Sheriff's Office reportedly died by suicide early Saturday morning.
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