Sheriff's Volunteers Add to List of Growing Police Responsibilities
from the Flagler County News
 Don't be alarmed if an unarmed volunteer handles the investigation in your next fender bender. The Flagler County, Fla., Sheriff's Office Citizens Observation Patrol has grown to 85 volunteers. And now nine of them are trained to write citations and handle minor traffic crash investigations. Volunteers in the Traffic Accident Investigation unit of the C.O.P. program completed a 100-hour certification class that trained them in traffic enforcement, courtroom testimony, evidence handling, crash investigation, report writing and ticket writing. More
Students, State Say Job Training for Inmates is a Success
from The Sun News
A program that is just over a year old has helped at least 125 inmates from the Georgetown County, S.C., jail receive training and find jobs in the community. The re-entry program, which is one of a few such programs available through a county jail in South Carolina, teaches classes in welding, carpentry and plumbing. More
Busts Will Let Sheriff's Office Ride in Style
from The Post-Star
If you see a Warren County, N.Y., sheriff's officer driving an Audi or Mercedes-Benz sedan while on duty in the coming months, you're not imagining things. Luxury sedans from the German automakers are among the 11 vehicles the Sheriff's Office has seized from suspected drug dealers so far this year. And Sheriff Bud York hopes to put them on the road for use by the department's investigators, replacing vehicles that the county is paying for. More
Texas County Works to Overcome Repeat Jail Inmates with Education
from CBS 7
The most common thing that men and women in jail and in prison share is lack of education. The second most common thing is addiction to drugs and alcohol. So they are the top reasons an offender will get caught again breaking the law. 85 percent of the people in county jails are repeat offenders. Midland County, Texas, is working to change that. More
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Camp Gives Teens a Taste of Police Life
from The Tennessean
It comes even earlier when you're awakened by a hard-talking drill instructor, marched outside and put through the rigors of military-style physical training. For the next three days, that will be the drill for about three dozen teens at the Police Explorer Academy. The camp is hardly the typical summer camp. It's designed for teens with an eye toward law and order. More
Computer Program Helped Direct Search for Lost Autistic Man
from the Minneapolis Star Tribune
After days of futile searching and without leads, Burnett County officials were desperate for any new techniques to find the 25-year-old autistic man who disappeared in dense Wisconsin woods. They turned to a computer program to help guide them. More
BearCat Safely Chauffeurs SWAT
from the Advocate
Louisiana State Police SWAT team members tested their newest emergency response vehicle Tuesday during a simulated rescue demonstration in Zachary, La. A "man down" drill required SWAT team members to fire shots at targets through gun ports and from a rotating roof hatch inside the 17,000-pound, 20-foot-long, black steel armored Lenco BearCat. More
Inmates Rate Dallas County Jail on Web Site
from the Dallas Morning News
Watch out for the bologna sandwiches at the Dallas County jail. And don’t kid yourself about being able to control the TV. So say former inmates who have rated the jail on dallascojail.com, a new Web site intended to help inmates and their loved ones cope with life in the big house. More
Societal Re-entry Begins at the Hampden County Correctional Center
from WWLP-TV
Sheriff Michael Ashe said 70 percent of his inmates come to the jail unemployed and it's his goal for them to leave with a skill. The Hampden County Correctional Center in Ludlow, Mass., has teamed up with The Springfield Parks Department. It's a win-win for both parties. The city needs help cleaning up Forest Park and the Sheriff wants his inmates to hone a skill so they can get a job when they leave. More
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