Ballad of the Sheepdog
I get to see folks every day at their weakest and their worst. At times I get a smile and wonder why they fuss and curse. I take each call with a little hope that one can make a dent....
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I get to see folks every day at their weakest and their worst. At times I get a smile and wonder why they fuss and curse. I take each call with a little hope that one can make a dent....
Read moreHemet, Calif.-- The Hemet Police Department is launching a Facebook page in an effort to better connect with the community, Hemet Police Chief Dave Brown said Aug. 16. Brown said the decision to do so was solidified by the massive...
Read moreLaw enforcement officials are concerned about possible violence by anarchist extremists at the upcoming Republican and Democratic national conventions, according to an intelligence bulletin prepared by the FBI and Department of Homeland Security. The bulletin, which was obtained by CNN,...
Read moreBILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A construction worker who tried to help police corral a runaway cow said the bovine charged at him "like a bull at a rodeo," tossing him into the air before continuing its rampage through the streets...
Read moreSAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Rodney King had been drinking and was on drugs when he plunged into a swimming pool and accidentally drowned, a coroner's report released Thursday concluded. The report confirmed a police conclusion that King died by...
Read morePensacola, Fla.--A veteran cop was fired and charged with criminal battery after officers reviewed a video of him slamming a woman into her car in Pensacola, Fla. "We have certain expectations of our police officers, and when I looked at...
Read moreThis past April I was standing in the lobby of The Westin Hotel for the 2012 International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA) Conference, visiting with some fellow trainers, when I came into a conversation that both annoyed and...
Read moreNew York--Nearly 20 employees of the New York Police Department have faced discipline in connection with the posting of racist or derogatory comments on a Facebook page about revelers at the 2011 West Indian American Day Parade, a heavily policed...
Read moreNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities say they have charged two men with murder in the slayings of two Louisiana deputy sheriffs last week. The Louisiana State Police said in a news release late Wednesday that they have charged 24-year-old Brian...
Read moreINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two inmates housed at different Indiana prisons ran a drug ring that distributed methamphetamine and heroin thanks to cellphones smuggled in by guards, according to a federal indictment that charges 40 people in connection with the scheme....
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