Officers Find Their ‘Mark’ at Training
from the Newport Independent
 Eleven men descended on the Arkansas Department of Correction complex in Newport last week with one purpose in mind: to complete an aggressive training program and qualify as a precision marksman. They came as one, but would leave as a team. The training program was taught by Jackson County Sheriff Deputy Greg Ivey, with the assistance of Deputy Mark Benish and Marion Police Officer Scott Glass. More
Video: Sheriff’s Department Using ATVs in Minnesota
from KEYC-TV
Blue Earth County, Minn., Sheriff's department is using grant money geared toward ATVs to help law enforcement get to those hard to reach places in the county. Sometimes, there just aren't enough roads. And with Minnesota's many prairies and wetlands, law enforcement needs to have options when crime goes off-road. More
Deputy Issues Jackets Instead of Tickets
from the North Lake Tahoe Bonanza
Deputy Ben Coffindaffer with the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office in Nevada is working to make sure boaters on Lake Tahoe don’t have to end their voyage if they are stopped without having proper life jackets for children. His program “Keeping our Children Safe” provides life jackets to boaters who are stopped for not having jackets or not having properly fitting jackets on children. Instead of a ticket, Coffindaffer educates visitors to the lake on proper life jacket safety and distributes one of the life jackets, which come in three sizes. More
Pasture ID Aims to Help the Cows Come Home
from the Lawrence Journal World
A new program aims to save Douglas County Sheriff’s deputies time and, ultimately, taxpayers money by informing them in event of loose animals and suspicious activity. The Pasture ID program uses black-and-white metal signs that ranchers can obtain from the farm bureau and post on pastures. The signs have an identification number on them, so when officers witness suspicious activity or loose animals near or in a pasture with a sign, they can contact the dispatch center and immediately find out who it belongs to. More
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More Drivers Running Out Of Gas on the Roads
from The Associated Press via KPIX-TV
In Dallas, Courtesy Patrol—a roadside assistance program operated by the sheriff's department—reports a doubling in the number of daily fuel calls from stranded motorists in recent months. Sheriff Lupe Valdez herself recently came to the aid of a mother and her two children who had run out of gas along an interstate. More
More Guns in Court?
from the St. Petersburg Times
The rule is inflexible: No one other than sheriff's deputies and judges can carry a gun in the county's courthouses of St. Petersburg, Fla. City cops, uniformed or not, may not. They check them when they come in. Now the Pinellas Police Standards Council has asked Pinellas-Pasco Chief Judge Robert Morris to change the rule so uniformed police can hang onto their weapons when they go to court. More
Officers Take Course in Gangs, Guns and Drugs
from the El Defensor Chieftain
Socorro, N.M., law enforcement officers are more savvy in looking for drugs and paraphernalia after some have returned from the 3rd Annual Gangs, Guns & Drugs Conference in Las Vegas, Nev. More
Tiny Tool Breaks Windows to Save Lives
from WTLV-TV
Some first responders on the First Coast now have new tools to help them on the scenes of traffic crashes, trapped infants in cars, and even submerged vehicles.The tool is called Resqume. It's pronounced "rescue me." It can fit in the palm of your hand and can attach to an officer's key chain. More
Reducing Recidivism Key for Texas Prisons
from the Tyler Morning Telegraph
It's not a crisis situation yet, but Texas prisons are filling up. Fresh approaches are needed, the Texas Public Policy Foundation's Marc Levin says, or the ever-increasing numbers of inmates will overwhelm the system. More
Richland County Sheriff's Department Obtains 'FLIR' System
from WIS-TV
Richland County, S.C., Sheriff Leon Lott announced the department's aviation unit has obtained a 'FLIR' system.
Lott said that a OH58A+ helicopter was recently outfitted with the 'forward looking infrared system' as part of a federal grant and was added to the helicopter that was acquired in 1999 as part of the free military surplus program. The technology should enable the department to search more effectively for missing persons, fugitives, narcotics dealers and drugs and also to patrol our communities. More
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