Three first-time or non-incumbent candidates for sheriff in Coastal Georgia won these powerful law enforcement posts, as voters chose change and reform in these positions that control jails and solve crimes within county lines.
A funeral celebrating the life of Houston County Sheriff Cullen Talton, a self-made lawman who became the nation’s longest serving sheriff, will be Wednesday at Southside Baptist Church in Warner Robins.
The threat of political violence will likely hang over the nation’s capital in the weeks following Election Day, security experts say, despite intensive preparations by law enforcement officials determined to avoid another Jan. 6 insurrection.
Armed officers on campus could speed police response to gun violence. But there is scant research to support this strategy, and studies about racial bias raise other concerns about police in schools.
When students miss lots of school without an excuse, it’s known as truancy — and in Madison County, Ind., it can lead to a visit from truancy investigator Mitch Carroll.
From Monday, July 15 to Sunday, July 21, Operation Southern Slow Down launched in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee. The weeklong speed awareness and enforcement campaign warns drivers to slow down or be prepared to get a speeding ticket.
Illegal "sideshows," also known as "street takeovers," have spread since the pandemic. When police try to break them up, they often face defiant crowds
For the week ending May 31, 2024, Warnock and Ossoff worked on protecting national security at the southern border, urging Delta Air Lines leadership not to hinder workers' unionization efforts, calling out pharmaceutical companies for high medication prices, and addressing law enforcement shortages.
The names of a chain gang guard with a horse-drawn wagon, a fire inspector and a Prohibition-era police detective now are etched in three black granite monuments in Macon’s Public Safety Memorial Park. Each year around May 15 and Sept. 11, the community gathers at the memorial on Mulberry Street to remember local lives lost in service.
A driver died after a vehicle crashed into a gate at the White House Saturday night, but the fatal collision is being investigated "only as a traffic crash", law enforcement authorities said.
In a new interview with TIME Magazine, Trump promises to prosecute President Biden, unleash the National Guard on immigrants and says it's "irrelevant" if he's comfortable criminalizing abortions.
The Macon Bibb County Sheriff’s office is asking people who own doorbell cameras and other surveillance systems to join a new program giving officers easier access to the footage.
