States Work to Curb Prison Violence
from USA Today
 Serving time in prison isn't supposed to be easy. Surviving prison should be. Faced with staggering figures, corrections officers around the country have quietly changed their tactics. One by one, they are taking new approaches to handling gangs, using solitary confinement and dealing with inmates' mental-health issues. More
Jailhouse Cop
from Newsweek
Standing 6 feet 5 inches in his jailhouse blues, with a square jaw and grey stubble, Mark Curran is the inmate in cell No. 2. He is also the sheriff. He hasn't been charged with any crimes. But Curran, the sheriff of Lake County, Ill., wanted to know the feeling of being caged. So he sentenced himself to a week in lock-up, in Waukegan. "People who have never been in jail," he says wryly, "don't know what it's like to sit on the toilet in full view of everyone." More
Video: Dallas Deputy Delivers Baby on Freeway
from WFAA-TV
A sheriff's deputy found himself in the role of doctor after he assisted a mother as she gave birth on Interstate 45 at R.L. Thornton Freeway. Deputy Brian Sherman, with the Dallas County Sheriff's Department, got quite the surprise after he pulled over a speeding car Sunday with Danielle Dansby in labor in the back. More
Biometric-Based Law Enforcement
from Electrical Contractor
Law enforcement agencies are increasingly using biometric identification technology in their identity-management systems. Biometric fingerprint technology is the most mature and commonly used type for most applications. More
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High Price of Fuel Forcing Changes at Some Rural Sheriff's Departments
from Quincy Whig-Herald
Two-man patrols. Shutting off vehicles. Walking the beat. Area sheriff's departments are trying to come up with ways to combat the high cost of fuel, with many using other line items from budgets to make sure vehicles are gassed up. More
Sheriff Doing What She Can
from Asbury Park Press
It has been two years since Congress failed in its latest serious attempt to find a compromise on a bill designed to stop the flow of illegal immigrants into this country. There has been little debate since and scant discussion about it during the presidential campaign. Monmouth County, N.J., Sheriff Kim Guadagno is among a handful of officials in the state attempting to address at least part of the problem — illegal aliens with criminal pasts who are being set free because of restrictions on running checks to see whether they are in this country legally. More
High Cost of Insurance Prompts Turnover of Berkeley Deputies
from The Herald-Mail
A Berkeley County, W.Va., Sheriff's Department deputy is resigning because of the cost of the county's insurance policies for family coverage. Deputy Jack Fleagle has accepted a law enforcement job with the Shepherdstown, W. Va., police department, where coverage for his family is free. Fleagle's departure comes a few months after the Berkeley County Commission decided to spend about half of the $280,000 that was set aside for county employee insurance benefits. More
Anti-gang Efforts Work
from The Union-Tribune
San Diego law enforcement personnel said 28 people were killed in gang-related homicides last year in the city, an increase of 56 percent from 2006. This year, there were 11 gang-related homicides through yesterday, compared with 17 over the same period last year, a 35 percent decrease. More
Anti-violence Group Questions School Gun Policy
from The Daily Texan
An anti-gun organization released a report this month questioning the legality of a controversial decision made by one North Texas school district allowing teachers to carry concealed handguns in the classroom. The Harrold Independent School District applied a Texas penal code to authorize school employees to carry firearms. The purpose of the policy was to enable employees to respond to emergency situations in an effective and timely manner, according to the policy. More
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