A photo of the chin-length red hair and bushy beard Michael George had as a narcotics detective inspires a smile beneath his trim salt-and-pepper moustache. ...more

June 6, 2008

Michael George, 50, retires Friday after 29 years with the Tampa Police Department, finishing his career as one of two assistant chiefs. ...more

June 5, 2008

TAMPA The city's crime statistics are still being finalized, but an early look shows that crime reported within the city limits appears to have dropped for the fifth consecutive year, police and Mayor Pam Iorio said Wednesday. ...more

January 16, 2008

TAMPA - The latest federal crime statistics and a criminologist's independent analysis offer some good news about violent crime in the Bay area. According to the FBI's annual Uniform Crime Report, released Monday, there were fewer violent crimes reported in Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater last year compared with all of 2005. The area's crime rate also ranks comparatively low when calculated using population. ...more

September 25, 2007