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Patrol

Ohio Sheriff Found Guilty of Corruption, Sent Immediately to Jail

Suspended Athens County (Ohio) Sheriff Pat Kelly was led away in handcuffs yesterday after a jury found him guilty of 18 crimes, including engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity.

February 13, 2015

Technology

Sheriffs Want Popular Police-Tracking App Disabled

Sheriffs are campaigning to pressure Google Inc. to turn off a feature on its Waze traffic software that warns drivers when police are nearby. They say the mobile app could put officers' lives in danger from would-be police killers who can find where their targets are parked.

January 26, 2015

Patrol

Advice for the New L.A. Sheriff

Can the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department assert itself as one of the best and most innovative departments in the country? Can it say that it serves its communities as vigilantly and as well as other law enforcement agencies? Can it say that it still enjoys the reputation in the profession that it once did?

February 3, 2014

Weapons

Sheriffs Refuse to Enforce Laws on Gun Control

He shuffles the magazines, which look identical, and then challenges the audience to tell the difference. “How is a deputy or an officer supposed to know which is which?” he asks.

December 15, 2013

Training

The Chief Trainer

You are a chief or sheriff. Get real and train with your officers. You should be one of the first enrolled in your defensive tactics and subject control training classes. Your attendance and participation will speak to all, and what it will say is this stuff is real and it's important.

October 2, 2013

Training

Self Study Helps You Rise Up the Ranks

Many officers focus on what's important to them in their current assignment, or ask why they should take courses they will never use. If you're seeking command positions, you'll have to supervise specialties where you have limited, if any, practical working knowledge.

September 3, 2013

Weapons

Colo. Sheriff's Gun-Control Challenge Moves Forward

The first salvo in a legal battle to block Colorado's new limits on gun ammunition magazines fizzled Wednesday, but sheriffs, firearm dealers and other opponents still aim to have the law declared unconstitutional.

July 12, 2013

Patrol

W.Va. Sheriff's Alleged Killer Denied Bail

A judge has denied bail for the suspect who allegedly shot and killed Mingo County (W.Va.) Sheriff Eugene Crum while he ate lunch in his patrol car.

June 17, 2013

Patrol

Ark. Sheriff Dies In Flooding

Scott County (Ark.) Sheriff Cody Carpenter died Friday in Western Arkansas flooding and a wildlife officer who had accompanied him was still listed as missing.

May 30, 2013

Weapons

Video: Colo. Sheriffs Sue To Overturn Gun Laws

Nearly nine of 10 Colorado sheriffs have signed onto a lawsuit seeking to overturn a trio of new gun-control laws signed into law in March. Of the state's 64 sheriffs, 55 support the lawsuit announced Friday that's spearheaded by Weld County Sheriff John Cooke.

May 19, 2013

Weapons

Colo. Sheriffs Announce Gun-Rights Lawsuit

Colorado sheriffs have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit to overturn a trio of state gun-control laws passed in March. They spoke at a press conference Friday. Read the full story here.

May 19, 2013

Training

L.A. County Undersheriff Rips Lee Baca

Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca is a disengaged leader running a "house of cards" agency that's "on the verge of crumbling" his second-in-command deputy told the Los Angeles Times.

April 30, 2013