In a claim filed with the county, a Los Angeles attorney is accusing the LA Sheriff’s Department of abuse based on race.  The abuse cited includes 2 shooting deaths.  For up-to-date news accounts of this story, photos and to post a comment, please access the links below: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office Message Board 03/07/2012 [...]

Steven Seagal and the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is being sued over a tank led raid of a suspected probation violator.  Seagal was filming a TV show, while the Maricopa County SO was serving a search warrant on a subject suspected of raising roosters for cockfighting in violation of his probation for being at a [...]

Judge Jackie Fulford on Tuesday ruled that Governor Rick Scott and the Legislature’s decision to make public employees contribute 3% into their pension was unconstitutional.  This is a major defeat for the governor and legislature who used the legislation to save $1 billion last year and this year.  The ruling also effects counties that participate [...]

The last year of Former Miami Police Chief’s Miquel Exposito 50 police officers escaped punishment due to botched internal affairs investigations.  State law requires that internal investigations be completed within 180 days.  The botched investigations were not completed within the required time frame, there for the officers involved can no longer receive any punishment for [...]

A 25 year old Orleans Parish Deputy Sheriff has been arrested and charged with 2nd Degree Murder in the shooting death of her estranged husband.  She originally stated that the gun fired from inside her purse as she was swinging it the victim, but then later changed her story.  For up-to-date news accounts of this [...]

Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott has changed the way that he and his agency handles reporters from a local newspaper.  During a press conference the sheriff ignored questions from reporters from the newspaper and asked for the next question.  The sheriff then changed the agency’s policies for dealing with all press.  All apparently over a [...]

Florida Department of Corrections Probation Officers won’t be checking on offenders as often as they used to.  Due to a budget deficit officers have been directed to cut back on their visits to probationers.  According to some officers who posted on the Department of Corrections Message Board on LEOAFFAIRS.com, some offenders won’t be getting visits [...]

In an attempt to smell home grown marijuana at a local residence, a Pinellas County Deputy Sheriff wore a Progress Energy uniform shirt to the door to speak to the resident.  The resident then took the deputy to the side of the house with the electric meter.  The deputy did not find any evidence of [...]

An on-duty California Police Officer was shot and killed by fellow officers as they tried to arrest him for allegedly having sex with a 17 year old Police Explorer.  Apparently sexual relationships between police officers and explorers are not that rare according to a Associated Press examination of news accounts.  For up-to-date news accounts of [...]

A Chicago police officer is in good condition after accidentally shooting himself in the calf following a chase and crash.  While jumping out of the way of the car, the officer accidentally fired his weapon into his leg, breaking a bone.  For up-to-date news accounts of this story, photos and to post a comment, please [...]