Sheriffs

Drug Czar "Too Busy" to Meet With Fellow Cops

Norm Stamper | Posted 10.07.2011

Read More: Homeland Security, John Walters, Drug Education, Police Chiefs, George W. Bush, F.B.I., Neill Franklin, Medicinal Marijuana, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, Gil Kerlikowske, Ending the Drug War: A Dream Deferred, Cannabis, President Nixon, Prevention, Sheriffs, Drug Czar, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, Treatment, D.E.A., Politics News
Norm Stamper

Back in June, representatives of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition marched from the National Press Club to the Office of National Drug Control Policy headquarters. Our mission: to hand-deliver a copy of our new report.

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Cops For and Against the Drug War

Norm Stamper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Homicide Dicks, Marijuana, Judges, Homeland Security, Chiefs, Harley Davidson, California, Jim Crow, Prison Wardens, Narcs, Proposition 19, Beat Cops, Golden State, Slavery, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, Sheriffs, Correctional Officers, Drug War, Prosecutors, Seized and Forfeited Assets, F.B.I., D.E.A., L.E.a.P., Politics News
Norm Stamper

From uniformed beat cops to homicide dicks to sheriffs more and more of the nation's police officers are coming to realize that our 40-year drug war is an unmitigated failure.

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New Report: It's Now a Crime to be Mentally Ill

DJ Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Psychiatry, Mentally Ill, Mental Health, Police, Crime, Criminal Justice, Kendras Law, Dr. E Fuller Torrey, Antipsychiatry, Prison, DJ Jaffe, Schizophrenia, Kendra's Law, Forensics, Sheriffs, Aot, Assisted Outpatient Treatment, Laura's Law, Mentally, Psychiatric Hospitals, Jails, Mental Illness, Psychiatrist, Prisons, Politics News
DJ Jaffe

A report in today's USA Today by the nation's most reputable mental illness researcher, Dr. E. Fuller Torrey shows that in the United States, you are ...

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Fear, the Abuse of Power, and the Need for Immigration Reform

John Amaya | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Fear, National Council of La Raza, Abuse of Power, Nclr, State Trooper, Officers, Chiefs of Police, Undercover Investigation, Crime, Texas Rangers, Congress, Federal Enforcement, Department of Public Safety, 287(G), Obama Administration, Department of Homeland Security, Civil Rights Division, US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of TX, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Sheriffs, Immigration Enforcement, Michael Anthony Higgins, Department of Justice, Fbi, Politics News
John Amaya

Many of my law enforcement contacts have been struggling with this issue: How can they effectively protect the public from real threats when a certai...

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Electric Mini Coopers For L.A. Sherriffs

gas2.org | Written by Jerry James Stone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Police, L.A., Electric Cars, Environment, Green, Bmw, Sheriffs, Mini Cooper, Green Living, Los Angeles, Cops, Green News

LA County Sheriffs stuck driving Crown Vics are about to be left feeling tragically un-hip. Their Board of Sups just approved a deal with BMW to lease...

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Who Cares About New York?

Harry Moroz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mayors, Mufi Hannemann, Kwame Kilpatrick, Chicago, Economy, Environmentalists, Urban America, Cities, Light Rail, Small Towns, Osama Bin Laden, Frank Jackson, Wall Street, Cleveland, Honolulu, Foreclosure, Drum Major Institute, Public Transportation, Sheriff Dart, Sheriffs, Business News
Harry Moroz

Urban America is resurgent and hearing the stories -- both good and bad -- from its diverse environs will help city dwellers and suburbanites alike better understand the nation's economic challenges.

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