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
Joe Gallegos, 44, was released from jail when heroine charges were dropped and a miscommunication led the jail to believe all charges were dropped
23-year-old Tyrone Branch Jr. was arrested at the scene and charged with interference with police service animal
Trevor Braymiller, 25, is on the run in wooded rural Washington, with several police agencies on his trail
The indictment alleges that DEA agent Terry Watson was killed at the hands of an organized group of robbers who operated taxi cabs in Bogota
The lunchbox, which had a name in it, led police to Dominick Jerome Hawkins, who kidnapped and raped a 5-year-old
Suspect Barry White Jr., went to the Victoga jewelry store to dispute a purchase he had made
Daniel Jupa-Fino, 21, has been arrested for illegally crossing the Mexico border 11 times in 3 years
The suspect fled his vehicle, hopped a fence, and fired about 6 shots at the pursuing officer
Experts cautioned that taking down the group’s command structure is unlikely to diminish violence in the border states where it dominates through terror
Aaron Schaffhausen, 35, had admitted to the killings, but argued he had a mental defect that kept him from knowing it was wrong
ICE officials say they also identified 61 child victims in the five-week operation that ended June 30
23-year-old Barry White was arrested and booked on 2 counts of murder and 7 counts of attempted murder
A new 977-count indictment filed Friday provides a painful look at what a decade of captivity for three women was like
A medical examiner ruled that Dale Hausner overdosed an antidepressants
The sting took several dozen weapons off the street and put many gun sellers behind bars
The suspect became irate in the back of the squad, and lunged at officers when they opened the door
Joseph “Mousie” Massimino, 62, was charged with racketeering, others await retrial in October
Within hours of confirmation that she was a homicide victim, her alleged killer was arrested: her former roommate
Eric Hightower refuses to cooperate as police attempt to arrest him, then screams when he is sprayed with pepper spray
More than 30,000 inmates in California prisons have refused at least one meal in support of inmates held in solitary confinement at Pelican Bay State Prison
The attorney general will have to decide several months before the start of a trial — if there is one — whether to seek death
Justin Jasper was given such a high bail because he is considered a flight risk and a threat to the community
Dean Randolph Jess had escaped and was driving a stolen Jeep when he was pinned in by patrol cars, beginning a standoff
When a customer recognized the man at the counter from wanted signs in the shop, he quickly took action
