WASHINGTON (AP) - Law enforcement deaths this year dropped to their lowest level since 1959, while the decade of the 2000s was among the safest for officers - despite the deadliest single day for police on Sept. 11, 2001. ...more

December 29, 2009

Hernando County Friends of NRA kick off group with gun auction, dinner ...more

November 3, 2009

When Brenda Breeden first read the announcement about the all-day Citizens Police Academy she shrugged it off. ...more

October 21, 2009

Federal authorities made 1,785 arrests nationwide, including 138 in Florida, during a six-month initiative by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ...more

October 16, 2009

Several men stole $504,000 in items from a home in Forest Hills Estates, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

September 25, 2009

50,000 Number of violent deaths annually in the United States $52 billion Annual cost in medical care and lost productivity due to violent deaths ...more

May 10, 2009

Authorities say a man killed himself at the central Florida gun range where a mother killed herself and her son three weeks ago. ...more

April 28, 2009

A Pinellas County man has been sentenced to life in federal prison on charges relating to distribution and possession of marijuana and cocaine, according to a U.S. Attorney's Office news release today. ...more

March 27, 2009

Authorities still don't know why 56-year-old Gilbert Velez pointed an Airsoft pellet gun at a Hillsborough County Sheriff's deputy Thursday night. ...more

March 27, 2009

After handing over several firearms to a Highlands County sheriff's deputy, a 60-year-old man pulled another handgun and shot himself in the presence of the deputy on Monday. ...more

March 17, 2009