An annual retreat in California put on by an elite club whose ranks include former Presidents Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon and powerful business leaders is facing scrutiny for excluding women after female county supervisors questioned whether they should continue allowing sheriff’s deputies to provide security for the event.
Read moreA body tasked with oversight of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Tuesday that it may subpoena Sheriff Alex Villanueva for documents regarding his decision to halt investigations into officer misconduct.
Read moreAn Iowa man backed by the American Civil Liberties Union claims in a federal lawsuit that police violated his First Amendment rights by charging him with criminal harassment for posting criticism of a deputy sheriff on Facebook.
Read moreFlorida Governor Ron DeSantis did not exceed his authority when he suspended a sheriff over his response to two mass shootings, the Florida Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
Read moreReviving a woman’s claims against Hunt County for its sheriff’s policy of deleting negative comments from its official Facebook page and banning users, the Fifth Circuit ruled that the plaintiff sufficiently pleaded that the county “had an explicit policy of viewpoint discrimination.”
Read moreA Republican-led effort in North Carolina to counter illegal immigration and “sanctuary sheriffs” advanced Wednesday when a state House panel approved a bill that would force sheriffs in the state to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer requests.
Read moreFlorida Governor Ron DeSantis has been hit with a lawsuit from a suspended sheriff who claims the governor’s decision to oust him was nothing more than a “political power play” designed to scapegoat him for last year’s Parkland high school massacre.
Read moreA federal judge declined Wednesday to certify a class of pretrial detainees challenging the Cook County sheriff’s policy delaying the release of jail detainees, pending his personal review, even though they have already posted bail.
Read moreLeveling defamation claims against three news outlets and their reporters, pardoned former Sheriff Joe Arpaio accused the journalists in a federal complaint Monday of overstating his criminal history.
Read moreWhen Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva took office Monday, he didn’t address how he would fulfill promises to reform a scandal-ridden department and ensure his officers serve all residents, including immigrants, equitably. Community leaders say the clock is already ticking.
Read moreJim McDonnell conceded to challenger Alex Villanueva Monday in a historic Los Angeles County Sheriff’s race that saw the defeat of an incumbent for the first time in more than 100 years.
Read moreA California appeals court revived a wrongful-death and negligence claim against Riverside County, whose sheriff delayed the search for a mountain biker who was injured and died of hypothermia, on the erroneous belief in bad faith “that the victim was not missing, but was having an affair.”
Read moreA Nebraska sheriff accused of retaliating against a deputy running for his office pushed the en banc Eighth Circuit on Tuesday to grant him immunity.
Read moreTwo women accuse Los Angeles County sheriff’s officer Giancarlo Scotti in a federal complaint of having sexually assaulted them while he was a jail guard; he was arrested on felony charges.
Read moreThe widow of a man who was shot to death by a fugitive who escaped after attacking a jailer sued a Texas sheriff Wednesday for straying from a policy of having two officers escort dangerous inmates.
Read moreA South Dakota sheriff waited for one minute after polls closed to fire the officer who thwarted his bid for re-election by winning the election, 878-331.
Read moreA federal judge on Tuesday tossed a civil rights lawsuit brought by a former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s officer who claimed she was unfairly fired after being snared in an FBI probe of corruption at the county jail.
Read moreThe first black female sheriff in Texas found herself on the other side of the law Friday when she was booked into a county jail on charges she accepted illegal cash donations for her 2016 election campaign.
Read moreA prominent law enforcement lobbying group which represents all of California’s elected county sheriffs is putting its weight behind the Trump administration’s assault on the state’s sanctuary laws.
Read moreA class claims Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart’s new policy unconstitutionally delays the release of jail detainees, pending his personal review, even though they have already posted bail.
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