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Winter 2006

COPS Provides Top Defense Team for Deputies Charged with Inmate’s Death

Three Kern County Sheriffs Department Detention Officers were arrested and charged with second-degree murder, and two others charged with felony assault following an altercation with an inmate in the Kern County Jail in Bakersfield. Many question the severity of the charges leveled against the officers.

Not Wearing Seat Belts Can Be Deadly for Officers

Results of a study published in the January issue of the Journal of Trauma show that unbelted officers are 2.6 times more likely to die if their patrol car crashes than officers who use a seat belt.

High Speed Police Pursuits: New Concerns, Questions and Laws

Within the last decade, high-speed police pursuits and the risk to public safety have become a leading concern throughout the country.