Eleven (11) Secret Service agents and nine (9) military servicemen are involved in a scandal surrounding their hiring of 20 Colombian prostitutes in Cartagena just before President Obama’s April 13th regional summit there.  The one at the center of the scandal has been identified as a former St. Petersburg Police Officer. For up-to-date news accounts [...]

Cpl Kenneth Vila was off duty and at home Sunday morning when he heard loud noises.  He went outside to investigate and found a subject attempting to break into his home.  The subject refused to back down when ordered by Vila and continued to advance, threatening to kill Vila.  Vila then fired one shot striking [...]

Three New York State Police Troopers have been suspended without pay pending an investigation into misconduct.  Trooper Titus Taggart is accused of arranging parties involving prostitutes while the other two are just accused of misconduct at this this time.  Trooper Taggart is the son of retired Colonel Arthur Taggart.  For up-to-date news accounts of this [...]

The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Department and Clearwater Police Department honored 3 K9 Working Dogs this week with a memorial service.  The service held at Curlew Hills Memory Gardens in their Garden of Heroes section where 46 K9 Working Dogs are buried.  For up-to-date news accounts of this story, photos and to post a comment, please [...]

Penny Mecklenburg, the widow of Hernando County Sheriff’s Deputy John C. Mecklenburg refused to attend the ceremonial bill signing of the new law named after her husband.  She did not want to attend if Hernando Sheriff Al Nienhuis was attending.  Mecklenburg says that Nienhuis is using her husband’s death for political gain in his run [...]

Charlotte County, FL Sheriff’s candidate Ed Pope thought a raffle would be a good fundraiser.  It turned out that it is illegal for candidates to use raffles as fundraisers.  Someone filed a complaint with the Sheriff’s Department who in turn referred the complaint to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement who is now investigating.  For [...]

In what became a verbal and physical altercation, a New Mexico Sheriff tried to force a deputy to release a DWI suspect.  The deputy refused and was fired by the Sheriff.  The State Police are investigating the incident as the deputy claims the Sheriff battered him and the Sheriff claims the deputy battered him.  The [...]

Des Moines Police Office Brandon Singleton got more than he bargained for when he called for help to change a flat tire on his police car.  His sergeant began noticing that the damage didn’t match Singleton’s explanation of what happened.  Then another officer noticed marijuana in Singleton’s car that shouldn’t have been there.  A search [...]

Chicago Police Department Sergeant John Pallohusky has plead guilty to stealing over $1 million from the Sgt’s union that he was the president of.  He spent the money on lavish dinners at steak houses and other restaurants, and on a second home.  Pallohusky took a straight up plea, meaning that he has no plea deal [...]

Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee Jr. who stepped aside last month in the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting, turned in his resignation Monday to the City Manager.  Hours later during a heated City Commission meeting, the commissioners voted 3-2 to not accept Lee’s resignation.  The majority wants to wait to find out the outcome [...]