Traffic Ticket System Takes High-tech Turn
from the Montgomery Advertiser
 The argument that you can't read the officer's handwriting is about to be as obsolete as the kind of ticket you are used to being issued. Both the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office and the Montgomery Police Department are in the process of implementing an e-citation program that would eventually phase out the handwritten citation traditionally given to traffic violators. More
Palm Beach County Sheriff's Crossing Guards Give Students Bikes
from the Palm Beach Post
Just days into the summer break and 28 students will get new bikes for their good work during the school year. The 10 girls and 18 boys were chosen by Palm Beach County, Fla., Sheriff's Office School Crossing Guards "for displaying exceptional personal conduct and compliance with the crossing guards throughout the school year." More
County Program Checks on Area Seniors
from the Southwest Sun
Each morning, at the same time every day, the phone rings in the homes of area seniors throughout Fort Bend County in Texas. They pick up the phone, hit a key on the phone pad, and hang up. Started in 2000, the telephone reassurance program, sponsored by the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office, makes daily automated calls to members to check on the welfare of seniors and disabled enrolled in the program. More
Fee Waiver Already Gets Inmates on Monitoring
from The Capital Times
There has been recent discussion about exempting poor people in the Dane County Jail in Wisconsin from paying electronic monitoring fees. The current county ordinance allows the sheriff to reduce or eliminate the electronic monitoring fee if it would create a hardship. Dane County's program to do that is the only one in the state, is working well, and needs to be supported by all. More than one in four of those on electronic monitoring pay little or nothing. More
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Sheriff's Camp Offers Opportunities to Boys in Louisiana
from KSLA-TV
Young boys from across Caddo and DeSoto Parish in Louisiana got an opportunity to expand their horizons and get a taste of the outdoors at the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Camp. The boys at the sheriff's camp are not that far away from home, but many of them are getting the opportunity to experience things they never have before. More
Sheriff's Department Staff Uses Grant for Children's Baseball Program
from The Republican
For the past six years, the Hampden County, Mass., Sheriff's Department staff has been providing inner-city children in the Springfield area the opportunity to be involved in a fun and instructional baseball program. The Boston Red Sox and the Hampden County Deputy Sheriffs Association funded the program for its first five years and it was known as the Red Sox Rookie League. The program was conducted in partnership with the Springfield Boys & Girls Club, and nearly 100 children a year participated. More
Mobile Classroom Spreading the Word about the Dangers of Meth
from WAFF-TV
One Valley sheriff's office is packing up and hitting the road to spread an anti-drug message. It has a new classroom on wheels, and it's just one of the many tools the Marshall County Sheriff's Office is using to prevent meth use through education. More
Flagler County Sheriff's Office Trying to be Greener
from Daytona Beach News Journal
The Flagler County Sheriff's Office in Florida is moving forward thoughtfully in efforts to save fuel and be more green, Sheriff Don Fleming told commissioners Monday. The agency is thinking about the rise in fuel costs and is working on a plan to counter the budgetary effect, including picking up a hybrid vehicle or three in the next couple years to see how they perform. More
El Paso County Seeks Federal Help with Medical Care, Security for Wounded Mexican Officers
from The Associated Press via The Paris News
El Paso County officials want the federal government to take over transporting and caring for wounded Mexican police officers seeking treatment in a local public hospital. County Judge Anthony Cobos pleaded for help Tuesday, four days after two police officers wounded in an ongoing turf war among powerful Mexican drug cartels were brought to the county hospital in El Paso. More
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