A collection of stories tagged 'deputies' from NPR. http://www.reverbiage.com/ Copyright 2006 Reverbiage.com. Reverbiage is not affiliated with NPR nor its member stations. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:36:21 EST Last week, Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio and a team of 30 deputies and 30 volunteer posse members stormed Mesa's City Hall in a pre-dawn raid for illegal immigrants on the city cleaning crew. Meanwhile, a Latino neighborhood has had its police force taken away because they protested Arpaio's tactics. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/57973 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96140160&ft=1&f=1070 Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:48:00 EDT Some sheriff deputies in Fairfield County, Ohio, are using golf carts to save gas and money. Deputies in the community of Bremen (pop. 1,200) use the electric carts to patrol some neighborhoods. Deputies say the carts are not only more efficient, they also improve community-policing efforts. Mike Thompson reports from member station WOSU. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/52234 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92301387&ft=1&f=1070 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:14:00 EDT Days after a deadly shooting on a California Indian reservation, tensions are running high. Riverside County sheriff's deputies killed two members of the Soboba tribe in a shootout. Tribal officials say the deputies overreacted, but the sheriff's department says they were ambushed. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/49722 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90725917&ft=1&f=1012 Thu, 22 May 2008 13:00:00 EDT An unlikely suspect showed up in the arrest records for California's Sacramento County. Mickey Mouse was listed as a 47-year-old bartender from Anaheim, with aliases including Buzz Lightyear and Donnie Duck. It turns out the name was used to help deputies learning to use the sheriff's department's computer system. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/44701 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18568042&ft=1&f=1051 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:12:02 EST The sheriff's department in Rockingham County, Va., joins nearly three dozen other police agencies that have signed onto a Homeland Security program that lets local officers hold people on immigration charges. Five deputies received five weeks of training that now lets them check the legal status of everyone booked at the county jail. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/43958 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18024294&ft=1&f=1001 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:37:00 EST Police chiefs and sheriffs around the country are getting creative in their search for officers and deputies. In Anaheim, Calif., the police department has a long range plan. The Anaheim Police Department is teaching youngsters about policing in the hopes that they will want to be police officers when they grow up. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/39079 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14210135&ft=1&f=1001 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:00:00 EDT The pressure on Paul Wolfowitz to resign as World Bank president continues to grow. Last weekend, he received a rare public reprimand from the bank's leadership. Wednesday, one of the two deputies he appointed, New Zealand's Graeme Wheeler, asked him to resign. Today, the bank's governing officials are meeting to debate what action to take. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/33517 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9692301 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:00:00 EDT A federal subsidy for forested counties has expired, causing a financial crisis in rural counties across the country. In rural Southern Oregon, counties are in deep financial trouble and will have to shut libraries, and lay off highway crews and sheriff's deputies. But Congress says the federal subsidy was never intended as a permanent solution. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/30565 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7122963 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:05:00 EST This year alone, the sheriff and his deputies have reported over 800 undocumented immigrants to the U.S. Border Patrol. Are they overstepping their authority, or just getting tough on crime? http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/26926 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5630772 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT Oscar-winning actor and filmmaker Mel Gibson issued a statement asking the Jewish community to help him battle his problems with alcohol. The statement comes days after his arrest for drunken driving, when he reportedly launched into an anti-Semitic tirade in front of deputies. Slate senior editor Andy Bowers explores how Gibson's blood-alcohol level at the time of his arrest might have affected his judgment. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/26979 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5597649 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT New CIA chief Michael Hayden has been firming up his leadership team, and there's hardly a new face among them. For all the top jobs, Hayden has either brought back CIA veterans who had left, or elevated long-serving deputies. Mary Louise Kelly reports. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/21513 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5562019 Mon, 17 Jul 2006 06:00:00 EDT Confronted with illegal border crossing in Arizona, the Maricopa County Sherriff's office has turned to a traditional Western solution: the posse. Wednesday night, sheriff's deputies and members of the department's 300-member reserve force were sent to patrol the desert and round up illegal immigrants. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/27451 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5399288 Thu, 11 May 2006 00:00:00 EDT The Ukrainian parliament voted to fire the prime minister and his Cabinet because of last week's gas deal with Russia. More than half the deputies voted against the government, angry that the deal means Ukraine will pay nearly twice as much for its gas imports this year. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/675 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5148925 Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST The Iraqi government announces an investigation into the abuse and torture of more than 170 prisoners held at a Ministry of Interior detention center in Baghdad. Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari said one of his top deputies has been appointed to conduct the probe. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/13326 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5014048 Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:00:00 EST