The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is making several changes in how it runs its jail system, including the creation of crisis intervention teams, additional training in handling inmate grievances and clarifying use of force procedures for detention and patrol deputies. ...more

November 18, 2008

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is making several changes in how it runs its jail system, including the creation of crisis intervention teams, additional training in handling inmate grievances and clarifying use of force procedures for detention and patrol deputies. ...more

November 17, 2008

The use of taser, pepper spray and physical force to detain and subdue a suspect who the arresting deputy later learned was legally blind was justified, according to a Highlands County Sheriff's Office administrative review. ...more

August 22, 2008

Thirty-six detention deputies from Pinellas County laid off because of budget cuts are continuing their careers on the other side of Tampa Bay. ...more

July 29, 2008

Top Pentagon leaders are expected to recommend soon that Defense Secretary Robert Gates order hundreds of additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan over the next month or so, according to a senior military official. ...more

July 24, 2008

TAMPA - It's a common complaint from people who contact the My Safe Florida Home program. Homeowners say they've had bad experiences when calling the program to report problems. ...more

May 17, 2008

Improving the My Safe Florida Home program may take time, lawmakers said Friday, after unanimously passing legislation to further tweak the state's hurricane inspection and home improvement program. ...more

May 4, 2008

Teachers who stay at the USF Patel Charter School will get some extra cash this year. ...more

February 20, 2008

A Clearwater policeman who fired on a burglar fleeing the officer's Tarpon Springs home in December did nothing wrong, according to results of an internal affairs investigation released Friday. ...more

February 16, 2008

CLEARWATER - A Clearwater policeman who fired upon a fleeing burglar in the officer's Tarpon Springs home in December has been cleared of wrongdoing, according to results of an internal affairs investigation released this morning. ...more

February 15, 2008