Corrections
The Corrections topic covers the duties performed by sheriff’s departments and other police agencies that straddle the line between patrolling the streets and guarding inmates in correctional facilities, county lock-ups, prisons, jails, and courthouses.
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Law enforcement leaders praise the Stun-Cuff Dual Cuff Model as a must-have tool for maintaining control over uncooperative prisoners, offering a safe and effective alternative to traditional shackling
The prisons department’s website listed a combination of midazolam and hydromorphone as an alternative if sufficient pentobarbital isn’t available
He told police he’d snorted enough meth to kill Hitler, and couldn’t wait to kill a cop, his family, and church-goers
Adrian Gomez is considered armed and dangerous, and most likely still handcuffed
Christopher Cruz was charged Wednesday with reckless driving and unlawful imprisonment
An Oklahoma man ended his drug-fueled crime spree Monday with some choice words for kids
Kevin Walker and Christopher Harris are accused of killing Officer Alejandro “Alex” Valadez
The gunman tried firing at least 5 times in the restaurant, unsuccessfully
He could have fled with 2 other inmates who stole an unattended van, but reported the incident instead
A corrections officer saw Simpson hiding something and found several oatmeal cookies
After a week-long search, police found the boy at a food court in a Vegas mall and arrested him without incident
Meloney Selleneit pleaded guilty but mentally ill to charges of attempted criminal solicitation and possession of a dangerous weapon
Harry Mitts Jr. killed a black man after screaming racial slurs, then fatally shot Sgt. Dennis Glivar in 1994
Nicholas Lindsey was sentenced to life last year for murdering a St. Petersburg police officer in 2011
Fifty-year-old Mohamed Barry was charged with endangering the welfare of a child
All four are charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery in Thursday’s attack
Jurors placed their faith in the detective’s account of an alleged confession, despite learning he had failed to record the interrogation
Alan Randall killed two cops then rode off in their cruiser to commit a burglary in 1975
Floyd Corkins II was sentenced Thursday for the 2012 attempted shooting at a Christian lobbying group
One man was the son of a retired cop, another was an auxiliary officer
Eric Simmons wasn’t in restraints and the window was rolled down when he escaped a moving cruiser
He faces two to 8 1/2 years in prison at sentencing for vehicular homicide
The man was angry about the way a robbery complaint he made was handled, and wanted to hurt the first officer he saw
Police said it is not yet not clear if any money was taken from the bank before the arrests were made
Geoffrey Portway pleaded guilty to solicitation to commit a crime of violence — kidnapping of a child — and distribution and possession of child porn
John Anthony Borell III agreed to pay $227K in damages and will serve 3 years in federal prison
A female authority grew suspicious to the woman’s strange reaction when asked how far along the baby was
Eric Knysz, 19, has been charged with murder of an officer; his wife, 20, faces two charges related to assisting him