MARICOPA COUNTY - Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio took to Twitter last Friday to tell his followers about a seemingly unusual welcome gift he gave to Sarah Palin upon her arrival to the Arizona State Capitol. "I just got done welcoming Sarah Palin to our County," wrote the hard-lined law enforcement official. "Had a nice chat and gave her a pair ...

PHOENIX -- People crossing the border illegally may be doing double takes, because a TV superhero is going to be on patrol. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Wednesday swore in 56 members of a new volunteer sheriff's posse group that includes "The Incredible Hulk" star Lou Ferrigno. The sheriff says action-film star Steven Seagal and actor Peter Lupus of TV's ...

FREMONT, CA -- A Fremont police officer who was shot and wounded while trying to arrest an alleged gang member is now recovering at home after spending seven weeks at a hospital, a department spokesman said Thursday. Officer Todd Young, 39, was shot twice in the pelvis by Andrew Barrientos, 20, as the officer was trying to arrest him Aug. 27 ...

DALLAS - Dallas police are getting a super-size security assist for the Super Bowl. THOR is two stories high, weighs 80,000 pounds and measures 80 feet in length when fully expanded. A multimillion-dollar, oversized, sleek, shiny black tractor trailer with emergency lights, sirens, surveillance cameras and 911 communications capabilities is being lent to the Police Department free for about 10 days ...

TACOMA, Wash. -- A News Tribune analysis has found that law enforcement agencies patrol the streets in much the same way they did before six Western Washington police officers were killed a year ago. After examining the killings of Mark Renninger, Tina Griswold, Ronald Owens, Greg Richards, Kent Mundell and Timothy Brenton, police officials did little to change their policies or ...

BANGOR — A Bangor police officer says he wasn’t allowed to cast his ballot when an election warden refused to let him vote while wearing his service revolver. James Dearing said he was patrolling his beat Friday when he stopped to vote at the Bangor Civic Center. He said that’s where warden Wayne Mallar said he couldn’t vote unless he turned ...

LEWIS COUNTY, WA - A firearms instructor has sued Lewis County Sheriff Steve Mansfield alleging defamation of character after Mansfield was quoted in a June 2009 news story as using the phrase “What a bunch of morons.” Without naming names, Mansfield’s quote in The Seattle Times alluded to allies and experts who surrounded Barb Thompson, the mother of Ronda Reynolds. He ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Those seeking the maximum punishment of 14 years for former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle may be disappointed when a judge hands down his sentence today. Mehserle, who fatally shot Oscar Grant III during an arrest at BART’s Fruitvale station in Oakland on Jan. 1, 2009, could walk free from a Los Angeles courtroom today with mere probation ...