According to Gov. Kay Ivey’s office, the funding “will support a project by the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office to take on major crime and emergency operations” in Prichard
The U.S. Open will be the first time a state or local agency will conduct independent drone mitigation operations at a major public event
Groveland PD Chief Shawn Ramsey’s suit claims that after he raised complaints about city officials, the mayor went around Florida law and the city’s charter to investigate him
Coldwater Director of Public Safety Joseph Scheid was found unresponsive after exercising in the department gym; Scheid had joined the department as a patrol officer in 1996
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