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Santa Cruz Officers Honored After Rescuing Family

It could have been one of the most tragic car crashes in Santa Cruz County history. Instead, two Santa Cruz police officers and a sheriff's deputy who had been chasing the parolee broke into the smoky vehicle and pulled the family to safety, just seconds before the van turned into a fireball.

Kern Co. Case: Update from Counsel

A three day Preliminary Hearing was recently concluded on the matter of three Kern County Detention Deputies charged with 2nd Degree Murder and Assault Under Color of Authority for the death of an inmate in their custody in August 2005.

2006 California Peace Officers Memorial

On Friday, May 5, 2006, the 30th Annual California Peace Officers' Memorial Ceremony was held in remembrance of 20 peace officers who lost their lives in the line of duty. The procession from the State Capitol to the California Peace Officers' Memorial Monument across the street was led by a riderless horse signifying the fallen officers.

Peace Officer Training: Physical Fitness and Health

Police departments across the nation that offer physical fitness and wellness programs for their officers have seen tremendous increases in officer fitness, morale, and retention of qualified officers, and reductions in on-the-job injuries, stress and worker's comp claims.

You Ain't Never Caught a Rabbit, and You Ain't No FrIend of Mine...

Assemblymember Loni Hancock (D-Berkeley) is going to the dogs. She has authored a bill (AB 2110) before the State Legislature to outlaw Open Field Coursing where hounds are used in fields to chase down and dispose of wild rabbits.

Justice Delayed...Again

It's déjà vu all over again. The death penalty in California will once again be placed on hold while lawyers debate whether or not an inmate sentenced to death by lethal injection might possibly "feel pain" while the execution is being carried out.