Thurston County Sheriff John Snaza can’t be recalled over statements he made in a press release saying he would not criminally enforce the state’s Covid-19 mask mandate, the Washington Supreme Court ruled, finding his refusal to do so “was not manifestly unreasonable.”
Read moreFour out of five recall charges filed against Snohomish County Sheriff Adam Fortney are legally sufficient, the Supreme Court of Washington ruled. Fortney stated that he would not enforce Governor Jay Inslee’s Covid-19-related “Stay Home – Stay Healthy” proclamation.
Read moreThe Southern Poverty Law Center claims the sheriff of Tuscaloosa County has violated the Alabama Open Records Act by refusing to release information about Covid-19 cases in the county jail.
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A Los Angeles County judge rejected LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s arguments that an oversight panel’s subpoena of him over jail conditions during the coronavirus pandemic was vague, illegal and disruptive to his duties, and scheduled contempt proceedings to begin Jan. 21.
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A divided Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to explore options for removing Sheriff Alex Villanueva, the law enforcement leader who had promised to reform a department fraught with misconduct and police gang scandals.
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Breaking up a scandal-tainted city department, creating an oversight board for the sheriff’s department and taxing companies that pay CEOs far more than their workers are just a few of the ballot measures San Francisco voters approved this election year.
Read moreThree sheriff’s deputies indicted on felony murder and other charges for tasing a Black man to death were improperly granted immunity, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled. A homeowner called 911 after the man requested a drink of water on a hot day. The man proceeded to walk down the street after he was denied a drink. The court ruled there was “no legal basis” to detain the man for loitering.
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An Austin-area sheriff was arrested Monday and booked into his own jail for the alleged destruction of video recorded by police docuseries “Live PD” of the chase and death of unarmed Black motorist Javier Ambler last year.
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The debate over face masks raged in a rural Florida county on Wednesday as the Sunshine State continues to see a wave of coronavirus cases and deaths.
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A grand jury has indicted a Santa Clara County sheriff’s captain and three others for an alleged bribery scheme in which concealed firearm permits were traded for large donations to the sheriff’s reelection campaign.
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The sheriff of New Orleans can be put back in control of the city’s long-troubled jail despite still-serious problems that triggered U.S. Justice Department oversight and a 2012 lawsuit, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
Read moreSACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — Over two years after a Northern California man shot multiple school children and killed his wife
Read moreSince 1994, San Francisco’s city charter has required its police department to maintain a force of 1,971 full-time officers. Voters will have a chance to repeal that requirement in November, after a proposed charter amendment sailed through the city’s Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday.
Read moreThe family of Rebecca Zahau, a woman found dead hanging naked, bound and gagged from a balcony in 2011, filed a lawsuit in San Diego Superior Court to demand that the San Diego Sheriff’s Department hand over public records of the investigation into her death. Police ruled Zahau’s death a suicide.
Read moreA Texas appeals court reversed an order quashing a felony charge of tampering with government records brought against Jefferson County Sheriff Zena Stephens, finding the state’s attorney general is authorized to prosecute violations of election laws, even if such violations are outside the state’s Election Code.
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A civilian commission tasked with oversight of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department voted unanimously Thursday to pursue legal action against Sheriff Alex Villanueva, a day after he defied a subpoena to testify on measures to protect incarcerated people against Covid-19 infection in county jails.
Read moreA federal court in Texas ruled in favor of a sheriff’s deputy sued by a woman he shot after a roadside disturbance. The unarmed woman said she reached into her waistband because she intended to “display her buttocks” to the deputy. She also claimed she was shot in retaliation for yelling “I hate America.”
Read moreFormer Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel cannot pursue his due process claims against Governor Ron DeSantis or Florida’s Senate President Bill Galvano, a federal court in the state ruled. Israel was suspended on grounds of “neglect of duty and incompetence” in connection with two mass shootings: the 2017 Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport shooting and the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Read moreA federal court in Wisconsin ruled that two black pastors may pursue their equal protection claims against two sheriff’s deputies who asked them if they had guns or drugs in their car while they were legally parked on the side of a highway while waiting for a tow truck after their boat trailer got a flat tire. The pastors have adequately alleged that they were intentionally discriminated against and treated differently than a similarly situated white woman.
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The popular Netflix docuseries “Tiger King” prompted a Florida sheriff to reopen a cold case involving the missing former husband of the big cat sanctuary owner featured in the show.
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