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.
Circuit court ruled an officer could be held liable for failing to stop jail staff from assaulting detainee, citing duty to intervene
From SWAT to narcotics, becoming an expert is a lot of hard work. If it wasn’t hard, everyone would be an expert
With more being asked of these facilities, they need additional solutions
Chadrick Evan Fulks was taken from the federal penitentiary to help with the search for the remains of 19-year-old Samantha Nicole Burns
Officer Alejandro “Alex” Valadez was killed on-duty in a drive-by shooting
Castro’s pants and underwear were pulled down to his ankles when he was found
Timothy Russell, convicted of killing 2 cops in 1997, was found dead of an apparent suicide in his San Quentin cell
The judge entered the pleas on their behalf as neither recognize the court’s authority
The same jurors will return to decide whether John McCluskey, 48, should be sentenced to death or life in prison
Tsarnaev is in the custody of federal authorities on charges connected to the April 15 bombings and is not expected to appear in court
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