The state sheriff's association pushed the idea Tuesday, saying the move would help them make drug arrests and curb a growing problem of prescription drug abuse. But patient advocates say opening up people's medicine cabinets to law enforcement would deal a devastating blow to privacy rights.

The victim's mother and her lawyers in a civil case have raised questions about the investigation of the June 17 crash after no charges or citations were issued to Denise Heckel, a former dispatcher for the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department and other agencies. The driver who struck and killed a 15-year-old girl in Kenosha County is Sheriff David G. Beth's cousin.

Detroit Police needed to remove the dogs, so they called the Michigan Anti-Cruelty Society. While the rescuers were setting traps for the three pit bulls, one got loose and started running towards a police officer. That's when, we're told, she pulled her gun and fired off twelve rounds.
King was watching.
"The police pulled a gun out and shot, but she missed the dog. I guess she was scared or something, and she hit the animal control person," he said.

The Justice Department said Thursday that Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona's Maricopa County is not cooperating in an investigation into whether his department has used racial profiling in sweeps to catch illegal immigrants.

Check out this footage of Denver Police brutally beating up a person who seems to have done nothing to provoke the police.

The NYPD has suspended a cold-hearted Brooklyn cop who failed to help a woman as she frantically drove her dying daughter to a hospital, police said.

Police Officer Alfonso Mendez, 30, who is assigned to the 84th Precinct in downtown Brooklyn, had his gun and badge taken and will likely face a departmental charge for failing to take proper police action, cops said.

Cops killing people after Katrina. A 1 hour frontline episode.

The resisting-arrest conviction last week of Felicia Gibson has left a lot of people wondering. Can a person be charged with resisting arrest while observing a traffic stop from his or her own front porch?

Salisbury Police Officer Mark Hunter thought so, and last week District Court Judge Beth Dixon agreed. Because Gibson did not at first comply when the officer told her and others to go inside, the judge found Gibson guilty of resisting, delaying or obstructing an officer.

The technology, developed by Raytheon Company, was designed as a less-lethal weapon for military applications. A smaller, less-powerful version is being used in this operational evaluation.
Sheriff Lee Baca stated about the device, "We believe that technology can help solve problems facing the corrections community, including addressing issues of inmate violence. The Assault Intervention Device appears uniquely suited to address some of the more difficult inmate violence issues without the drawbacks of tools currently available to us."

NDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indianapolis police chief has demoted his second-in-command and two other officials, saying they mishandled how they dealt with an officer's involvement in a motorcyclist's crash death earlier this month.

Chief Paul Ciesielski announced the actions Saturday at a news conference with Mayor Greg Ballard and Public Safety Director Frank Straub.

"Members of my leadership team failed me, my department and the public," Ciesielski said.