The security game plan for Super Bowl XLIII involves screening the backgrounds of more than 30,000 vendors and volunteers and restricting flights around Raymond James Stadium, officials said Wednesday, when about 70 representatives from local, state and federal agencies met to prepare for the National Football League championship game on Feb. 1. ...more

December 11, 2008

The security game plan for Super Bowl XLIII involves screening the backgrounds of more than 30,000 vendors and volunteers and restricting flights around Raymond James Stadium, officials said today. ...more

December 10, 2008

TAMPA Crosby, a 17-month-old Labrador, poked his nose into a series of paint cans set in a circle inside Raymond James Stadium. Inside were odors meant to test the dog, the newest canine in the Tampa field office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. ...more

December 10, 2008

Officers and agents who will scan vehicles around Raymond James Stadium during Super Bowl week are training on X-ray imaging equipment this morning to spot explosives and other contraband. ...more

November 12, 2008

Two white supremacists allegedly plotted to go on a national killing spree, shooting and decapitating black people and ultimately targeting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, federal authorities said Monday. ...more

October 27, 2008

Dogs had their day Wednesday at Raymond James Stadium in preparation for the Feb. 1 Super Bowl. ...more

October 16, 2008

To prepare for the Super Bowl, which will be played at the stadium Feb. 1, canine officers from the Tampa Police Department and Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office invited dog teams from the customs agency and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to train with them today. ...more

October 15, 2008

Missing your guns? Lost your laptop? Hillsborough County deputies might have them. The sheriff's office will hold a viewing within a month so people can reclaim some of the nearly $1.5 million in stolen items recovered during a recent sting operation, Maj. Paul Davis said. No official date has been set for the viewing. ...more

September 19, 2008

Missing your guns? Lost your laptop? Hillsborough County deputies might have them. The sheriff's office will hold a viewing within a month so people can reclaim some of the nearly $1.5 million in stolen items recovered during a recent sting operation, Maj. Paul Davis said. No official date has been set for the viewing. ...more

September 18, 2008

The leader of a ring that smuggled hundreds of guns from Florida and sold them to street gangs in Puerto Rico pleaded guilty this morning to federal firearms crimes. ...more

September 10, 2008