Police Chief Russell Barnes, one of two men at the center of an investigation of payroll discrepancies in the city's police department, is expected to be fired by the city council today. ...more

August 19, 2008

Within weeks, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office will train detention cadets and deputies on how to lift, search and otherwise handle disabled inmates. ...more

August 16, 2008

In one day, Sgt. Robert Perrault Jr. logged 21 hours for the city's police department and Pasco-Hernando Community College, where he has taught criminal justice classes for two years. ...more

August 16, 2008

Within weeks, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office will implement training for detention cadets and deputies on how to lift, search and otherwise handle disabled inmates to prevent situations such as one with a quadriplegic man in January that triggered national criticism. ...more

August 15, 2008

A Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office corporal was fired and a second deputy resigned over the treatment in January of a quadriplegic inmate, according to internal affairs reports released Tuesday. ...more

August 13, 2008

Nine Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office employees were negligent in their treatment of quadriplegic former Orient Road Jail inmate Brian Sterner, according to an internal affairs report released today. ...more

August 12, 2008

President Bush dedicated the massive new $434 million U.S. Embassy in Beijing on Thursday, saying it is a symbol of deepening ties between the two trading partners and sometimes political rivals. ...more

August 8, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG A St. Petersburg police officer was fired today amid allegations he kept in contact with a married woman he was told to stay away from, according to internal affairs documents. ...more

August 7, 2008

Vice and narcotics detectives made an interesting find in April when they raided the home of a suspected drug dealer who lived with his parents, both of whom worked at the St. Petersburg Police Department, according to internal affairs documents released today. ...more

August 7, 2008

A Clearwater police officer received an employee notice after her gun discharged in April as she was entering a hotel room where authorities believed a woman might be in distress, according to Clearwater police. The officer, Keisha Bradley, 35, was also ordered to undergo remedial training, said Elizabeth Daly-Watts, Clearwater's public safety spokeswoman. ...more

July 25, 2008