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

CRIME TRACKER This crime index is published in an effort to help residents keep track of crime in their neighborhood and to promote public safety. Below is a listing of crimes handled by the Pasco County Sheriff's Office between Dec. 6-11 arranged by ZIP code. These are crimes that have been investigated by deputies and don't reflect unfounded calls for service. ...more

December 19, 2009

CRIME TRACKER This crime index is published to help people keep track of crime in neighborhoods and promote public safety. This is a list of calls handled by the Pasco County Sheriff's Office from Nov. 22 through 28, arranged by ZIP code. Unfounded calls for service are not listed. ...more

December 5, 2009

A sweep by Tampa police into the Char-Pal Lounge on Busch Boulevard late Thursday led to the arrests of six employees and four patrons on drug dealing and possession charges. ...more

December 4, 2009

CRIME TRACKER This crime index is published to help residents keep track of crime in their neighborhoods and to promote public safety. Below is a listing of crimes handled by the Pasco County Sheriff's Office from Nov. 15 through 21, arranged by ZIP code. These are crimes that have been investigated by deputies and don't reflect unfounded calls for service. ...more

November 28, 2009

NEW PORT RICHEY -- In a two-day, street-level drug sweep, Pasco County deputies arrested 62 suspects on 170 charges, Sheriff Bob White announced today. ...more

November 24, 2009

Rep. Tom Rooney, please reconsider your last opportunity to support reform in the upcoming final House vote. I have a friend who has unbearable back pain and has been given powerful narcotics but no other treatment for it because she is not old enough for Medicare, is unsure of what her work record is and so is not eligible for SSDI (disability,) was helped to get on Medicaid but since it is share of cost she can neither see a doctor in his office nor be admitted to a hospital for any effective length of time. She has a hole in her esophagus and has been told to just "watch it." She can hardly swallow anything and has somehow not qualified for tests for this situation. The only way she can be seen in a medical setting is in the ER where they have to treat her but they count the minutes before they send he back out to bear her pain alone. ...more

November 15, 2009

CRIME TRACKER This crime index is published to help residents keep track of crime in their neighborhoods and to promote public safety. Below is a list of crimes handled by the Pasco County Sheriff's Office between from Nov. 1 through 7, arranged by ZIP code. These are crimes that have been investigated by deputies and don't reflect unfounded calls for service. ...more

November 14, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Pasco County vice and narcotics detectives have busted yet another "upscale" marijuana grow house, sheriff's office spokesman Kevin Doll said. ...more

November 7, 2009

CRIME TRACKER This crime index is published to help residents keep track of crime in their neighborhoods and to promote public safety. Below is a listing of crimes handled by the Pasco County Sheriff's Office from Oct. 11 through 17, arranged by ZIP code. These are crimes that have been investigated by deputies and don't reflect unfounded calls for service. ...more

October 24, 2009