OJAI VALLEY -- A female Ventura County sheriff's deputy is recovering, after she was violently attacked while responding to a 911 hang-up call. The attack happened Friday morning in the 4900 block of Casitas Pass Road. Deputy Traci Salmon, 31, approached the front door of a residence and was ambushed by 32-year-old Steven Atkinson, according to authorities. A violent struggle ensued, ...

PHOENIX (AP) — Fourteen jail officers for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office have received federal training to determine the immigration status of people who are brought to jails. They completed a four-week training course and join dozens of other jail Maricopa County jail officers who already have the training. Sheriff's officials say the training is intended to prevent illegal immigrants who ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Employees at the Lincoln County sheriff's office won't be getting a pink slip when they're fired. They won't get any paperwork at all. The Charlotte Observer reported Monday that new Lincoln County Sheriff David Carpenter says he will continue a department tradition of telling people when they are fired, not putting the decision in writing. A state law ...

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. -- Authorities say a central Florida sheriff's deputy has been struck and killed by a car that continued on a destructive path, hitting a businesswoman and her store. Authorities say Polk County Sgt. Wes Whitmore had just gotten out of his car at a 7-11 store Sunday in Winter Haven when a Cadillac Escalade rammed into his vehicle, ...