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They took an oath of office, though, to enforce the law, when the law goes into effect, where someone is caught with a weapon that isn’t registered, they’ll enforce it. I mean, we have lots of law enforcement in the state of Illinois. Elected sheriffs are just one level of law enforcement. We have local state police, we have state police. Lots of folks who will hold people accountable. But these sheriffs know better. They know that their voters won’t stand for it if they’re not enforcing the law. – Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker	Found on CNN 1 year ago
He strongly backs law enforcement, whether it is the NYPD, whether it is country sheriffs across the state. – Lee Zeldin	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
They're upset about what is going on, and this is what is happening for our people every day. So the whole situation has got the border region upset and and we're trying to survive day to day -- then they receive a few of these people in their communities and they're screaming for help when our border sheriffs cannot get any help. – Clint McDonald	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
What happened last night was embarrassing, regrettable, and inexcusable. Due to the ongoing criminal investigation, we are unable to provide many details. We are fully cooperating with Ector County Sheriffs Office, as well as Odessa Police. We are confident that once details emerge many items will be cleared up. – The Warbirds	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I think we've seen it work in Florida. It's worked better than any other state. We've seen conservative members, conservative sheriffs and others say it's working so that is something that has been in practice since 2017. – Thom Tillis	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We have not yet seen any drafts of theExecutive Order nor have been asked for feedback. We are, however, hopeful that the Administration will take into account its dialogue with Sheriffs and the law enforcement perspective on moving forward with reform, when it comes to ‘reform’ we need to think about improving training, enhancing enforcement with compassion and sentencing with purpose.Crime is rising. Recruiting and staffing are at historic lows yet the country overwhelmingly supports law enforcement and the adherence to the rule of law. – Executive Directorand CEO Jonathan Thompson	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The end won’t come until the wind subsides, this is the kind of fire you can’t fight head-on. We actually had deputy sheriffs and firefighters in areas that had to pull out because they just got overrun. – Joe Pelle	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Right now ICE has got their hands tied. President Biden is pulling them back everyday in terms of having any kind of authority with illegal immigration, with people in the communities, ... It gives full authority to local policemen, sheriffs, city police, which, right now, they don’t have the authority of what I said. – The Alabama Republican	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Our entire Sheriffs Office family is grieving the sudden loss of our long-time brother, sgt. Watson served his community with honor and distinction, and we ask for everyone to lift his family in prayer during this difficult time. – Sheriff Ed Gonzalez	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
When the police do things wrong we need to hold them accountable, but this is not the case, we as the police, the Sheriffs Office did nothing wrong tonight. – Hennepin County Sheriff David Hutchinson	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Because commerce on the internet and on social media is so poorly regulated, its literally like the Wild West with no sheriffs. – Gretchen Peters	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
The Fulton County Sheriffs Office Fugitive Unit just apprehended Wendys arson suspect Natalie White moments ago, white is being booked into the Fulton County Jail right now. This case is being investigated by@ATLFireRescueArson Unit.@FGTV@FultonInfo. – Fulton County	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, joined the ceremony to honor Underwood and to deliver an American flag to his family. Gov. Gavin Newsom sent an officer of the California Highway Patrol who presented the family with a California flag. In a separate video tribute, Wolf condemned the senseless cowardly violence that took Underwoods life. Officer Underwood gave his life protecting us and we owe him and his family and colleagues a debt of gratitude we will never be able to fully repay, said Wolf. George Phillips, childhood friend of slain Federal Protective Services Officer Dave Patrick Underwood, speaks during a memorial service for Underwood on Friday, June 19, 2020, in Pinole, Calif. Underwood was fatally shot as he was guarding the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in Oakland, Calif., amid protests on May 29. (Associated Press) Underwood died from gunshot wounds in a drive-by shooting the night of May 29 as a protest in downtown Oakland that began peacefully sank into chaos. Underwood and a colleague were working that night as contract security officers for the Department of Homeland Securitys Federal Protective Service. Federal authorities say the shooter used the protest as cover for the crime. Authorities say that Underwood was targeted because he wore a uniform. Last week, the FBI announced murder charges against Air Force Staff Sgt. Steve Carrillo. Authorities say Carrillo used the same homemade AR-15-style rifle eight days later to kill a Santa Cruz deputy in a hail of gunfire that wounded four other officers. Carrillo faces separate state charges for the June 6 fatal shooting of Santa Cruz County sheriffs Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller. Authorities allege that Carrillo, 32, had ties to the far-right, anti-government boogaloo movement and had hatched a plan to target federal law enforcement officials during the Oakland protest. Colleagues described Underwood as hard-working, highly respected and conscientious. Friends and family talked of his hearty laugh, his personal style he was a sharp dresser and his giving heart. When he stopped playing baseball as an adult, he donated to local youth organizations, so he could help kids find joy in the sport he loved. Underwood was the kind of guy you went to for advice, his older sister said. Hed always say, Angie, believe in yourself. Work hard, and ask for what you want, which is exactly what our mom and dad would have said. – Angela Underwood Jacobs	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Judges, prosecutors, and Sheriffs around the country are facing difficult decisions during this health crisis with respect to balancing public health and public safety, sheriffs in Florida and throughout our country have released non-violent, low-level offenders to protect our deputies and the jail population from an outbreak. – Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The Tulare County Sheriffs Department would like to thank the United States Marshals Office, the Imperial County Sheriffs Department and the state and federal authorities in Mexico for all of their help. – Ashley Ritchie	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
In the days that follow, I want to reassure our community, each and every day the men and women of the Hamilton County Sheriffs Office are to perform their duties in a deliberate, honorable and professional manner, we are charged to protect this community and its citizens, and this is a responsibility I take very seriously. – Jim Hammond	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
South Floridas BOY, 12, WITH FAILING HEART SCORES TOUCHDOWN : THIS WAS SO MUCH BIGGER THAN FOOTBALL In addition to the Border Protection and Border Protection, the South Floridas Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission( FWC), the Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office and police departments from Boynton Beach, Jupiter, Palm Beach, North Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Riviera Beach and Tequesta came together to help make Giovanni Bacon dream a reality, according to WPTV. The extraordinary courage and strength displayed by this boy facing brain cancer is something for us all to admire. – Miami Air	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
We need everybody all of our friends the entire community to get behind this effort and support our sheriffs department and the FBI and law enforcement in finding Tushare Atre. – Christopher Lochhead	Found on CNN 4 years ago
It is unprecedented territory, you'll probably see a standoff between the counties, the commissioners who really control the funding... and the sheriffs too and probably against the courts. – Patrick Neville	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Our goal then and now has been to bring justice to Jeannie and her family, and while we would have preferred to place handcuffs on the suspect, we hope knowing who and where he is brings them some degree of closure. MISSOURI MAN INDICTED IN COLD CASE MURDER HE WAS QUIZZED ABOUT 31 YEARS AGO The sheriffs office said Donald Perea kidnapped, sexually assaulted and killed Moore near Denver when he was 23 years old. Donald Perea, Donald Perea, died on May 28, 2012, at the age of 54 due to health-related issues. Donald Perea kidnapped, sexually assaulted and killed Jeannie Moore near Denver in August 1981, according to officials. ( Jefferson County Sheriff's Office) Investigators said Donald Perea was out on bond for a separate sexual assault case when Jeannie Moores was killed ; Donald Perea was later convicted and was in prison from 1982 to 1985. Jeannie Moores left Jeannie Moores home for work at a gas station on Aug. 25, 1981 -- hitchhiking as Jeannie Moores typically would -- when Jeannie Moores was last seen getting into an older Ford Galaxy or LTD that was red, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. Five days later, Jeannie Moores body was found by picnickers in Genesee Park, south of Interstate 70. An autopsy found that Jeannie Moores was killed by several blows to the head, FOX31 reported. After Jeannie Moores murder went unsolved for decades, officials said the cold case was looked at in 2008 and again in May 2019, when new technology found a match. A public-private partnership that allowed forensic genealogy testing to be completed by United Data Connect Connect helped uncover a match. The information that led to Donald Perea was the same technology that helped crack the Golden State killer and other notable cold-case murders and rapes in 2018. How authorities linked Steven Perea to the case. ( Jefferson County Sheriff's Office) The DNA evidence from the crime scene was linked to a family member of Donald Perea this spring, and investigators were able to interview family members and get other samples to confirm that he was the suspect linked to the case. OREGON MAN ARRESTED IN 1978 COLD-CASE MURDER OF ALASKA TEEN, AUTHORITIES SAY Joan Busse, a genealogist with United Data Connect, told FOX31 Joan Busse put in 40 to 60 hours working backward through thousands of ancestors on public genealogy websites and DNA matches to identify a suspect. DNA can be uploaded to public genealogy websites such as GEDmatch.com through commercial kits where people can choose to opt-inif they want law enforcement to be able to access that information. – Jefferson County	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Colorado Republican Sen. Cory Gardner has voiced directly to me and to one of the more prominent sheriffs in the state directly that Colorado Republican Sen. Cory Gardner is opposed to red flag laws and thinks they're unconstitutional. – Dudley Brown	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Im going to grieve for a very long time, its like the worlds worst nightmare. CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP The sheriffs office released a photo of Anthony Gumina under arrest, sitting down on what appeared to be a curb. Officials said in order to protect the integrity of their homicide investigation, not further information is being released at this time. But while officials claim to have evidence linking Gumina to his wifes death, a family member told Fox 40 he believes the 44-year-old is innocent. – Heather Waters	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
We want to thank the family Alexandria for their patience and theirtrust in The Lafayette County Sheriffs Department. – County Sheriffs Department	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Before that he was a long time resident of Broward County. He worked for the Broward Sheriffs Office for decades as a school resource officer. My client has no criminal history, my client is not a risk to the community, he is not a flight risk. – Joseph DiRuzzo	Found on FOX News 4 years ago

They took an oath of office, though, to enforce the law, when the law goes into effect, where someone is caught with a weapon that isn’t registered, they’ll enforce it. I mean, we have lots of law enforcement in the state of Illinois. Elected sheriffs are just one level of law enforcement. We have local state police, we have state police. Lots of folks who will hold people accountable. But these sheriffs know better. They know that their voters won’t stand for it if they’re not enforcing the law.

– Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker

Found on CNN
1 year ago

He strongly backs law enforcement, whether it is the NYPD, whether it is country sheriffs across the state.

– Lee Zeldin

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

They're upset about what is going on, and this is what is happening for our people every day. So the whole situation has got the border region upset and and we're trying to survive day to day -- then they receive a few of these people in their communities and they're screaming for help when our border sheriffs cannot get any help.

– Clint McDonald

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

What happened last night was embarrassing, regrettable, and inexcusable. Due to the ongoing criminal investigation, we are unable to provide many details. We are fully cooperating with Ector County Sheriffs Office, as well as Odessa Police. We are confident that once details emerge many items will be cleared up.

– The Warbirds

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I think we've seen it work in Florida. It's worked better than any other state. We've seen conservative members, conservative sheriffs and others say it's working so that is something that has been in practice since 2017.

– Thom Tillis

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We have not yet seen any drafts of theExecutive Order nor have been asked for feedback. We are, however, hopeful that the Administration will take into account its dialogue with Sheriffs and the law enforcement perspective on moving forward with reform, when it comes to ‘reform’ we need to think about improving training, enhancing enforcement with compassion and sentencing with purpose.Crime is rising. Recruiting and staffing are at historic lows yet the country overwhelmingly supports law enforcement and the adherence to the rule of law.

– Executive Directorand CEO Jonathan Thompson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The end won’t come until the wind subsides, this is the kind of fire you can’t fight head-on. We actually had deputy sheriffs and firefighters in areas that had to pull out because they just got overrun.

– Joe Pelle

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Right now ICE has got their hands tied. President Biden is pulling them back everyday in terms of having any kind of authority with illegal immigration, with people in the communities, ... It gives full authority to local policemen, sheriffs, city police, which, right now, they don’t have the authority of what I said.

– The Alabama Republican

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Our entire Sheriffs Office family is grieving the sudden loss of our long-time brother, sgt. Watson served his community with honor and distinction, and we ask for everyone to lift his family in prayer during this difficult time.

– Sheriff Ed Gonzalez

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

When the police do things wrong we need to hold them accountable, but this is not the case, we as the police, the Sheriffs Office did nothing wrong tonight.

– Hennepin County Sheriff David Hutchinson

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Because commerce on the internet and on social media is so poorly regulated, its literally like the Wild West with no sheriffs.

– Gretchen Peters

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

The Fulton County Sheriffs Office Fugitive Unit just apprehended Wendys arson suspect Natalie White moments ago, white is being booked into the Fulton County Jail right now. This case is being investigated by@ATLFireRescueArson Unit.@FGTV@FultonInfo.

– Fulton County

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, joined the ceremony to honor Underwood and to deliver an American flag to his family. Gov. Gavin Newsom sent an officer of the California Highway Patrol who presented the family with a California flag. In a separate video tribute, Wolf condemned the senseless cowardly violence that took Underwoods life. Officer Underwood gave his life protecting us and we owe him and his family and colleagues a debt of gratitude we will never be able to fully repay, said Wolf. George Phillips, childhood friend of slain Federal Protective Services Officer Dave Patrick Underwood, speaks during a memorial service for Underwood on Friday, June 19, 2020, in Pinole, Calif. Underwood was fatally shot as he was guarding the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in Oakland, Calif., amid protests on May 29. (Associated Press) Underwood died from gunshot wounds in a drive-by shooting the night of May 29 as a protest in downtown Oakland that began peacefully sank into chaos. Underwood and a colleague were working that night as contract security officers for the Department of Homeland Securitys Federal Protective Service. Federal authorities say the shooter used the protest as cover for the crime. Authorities say that Underwood was targeted because he wore a uniform. Last week, the FBI announced murder charges against Air Force Staff Sgt. Steve Carrillo. Authorities say Carrillo used the same homemade AR-15-style rifle eight days later to kill a Santa Cruz deputy in a hail of gunfire that wounded four other officers. Carrillo faces separate state charges for the June 6 fatal shooting of Santa Cruz County sheriffs Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller. Authorities allege that Carrillo, 32, had ties to the far-right, anti-government boogaloo movement and had hatched a plan to target federal law enforcement officials during the Oakland protest. Colleagues described Underwood as hard-working, highly respected and conscientious. Friends and family talked of his hearty laugh, his personal style he was a sharp dresser and his giving heart. When he stopped playing baseball as an adult, he donated to local youth organizations, so he could help kids find joy in the sport he loved. Underwood was the kind of guy you went to for advice, his older sister said. Hed always say, Angie, believe in yourself. Work hard, and ask for what you want, which is exactly what our mom and dad would have said.

– Angela Underwood Jacobs

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Judges, prosecutors, and Sheriffs around the country are facing difficult decisions during this health crisis with respect to balancing public health and public safety, sheriffs in Florida and throughout our country have released non-violent, low-level offenders to protect our deputies and the jail population from an outbreak.

– Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The Tulare County Sheriffs Department would like to thank the United States Marshals Office, the Imperial County Sheriffs Department and the state and federal authorities in Mexico for all of their help.

– Ashley Ritchie

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

In the days that follow, I want to reassure our community, each and every day the men and women of the Hamilton County Sheriffs Office are to perform their duties in a deliberate, honorable and professional manner, we are charged to protect this community and its citizens, and this is a responsibility I take very seriously.

– Jim Hammond

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

South Floridas BOY, 12, WITH FAILING HEART SCORES TOUCHDOWN : THIS WAS SO MUCH BIGGER THAN FOOTBALL In addition to the Border Protection and Border Protection, the South Floridas Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission( FWC), the Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office and police departments from Boynton Beach, Jupiter, Palm Beach, North Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Riviera Beach and Tequesta came together to help make Giovanni Bacon dream a reality, according to WPTV. The extraordinary courage and strength displayed by this boy facing brain cancer is something for us all to admire.

– Miami Air

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

We need everybody all of our friends the entire community to get behind this effort and support our sheriffs department and the FBI and law enforcement in finding Tushare Atre.

– Christopher Lochhead

Found on CNN
4 years ago

It is unprecedented territory, you'll probably see a standoff between the counties, the commissioners who really control the funding... and the sheriffs too and probably against the courts.

– Patrick Neville

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Our goal then and now has been to bring justice to Jeannie and her family, and while we would have preferred to place handcuffs on the suspect, we hope knowing who and where he is brings them some degree of closure. MISSOURI MAN INDICTED IN COLD CASE MURDER HE WAS QUIZZED ABOUT 31 YEARS AGO The sheriffs office said Donald Perea kidnapped, sexually assaulted and killed Moore near Denver when he was 23 years old. Donald Perea, Donald Perea, died on May 28, 2012, at the age of 54 due to health-related issues. Donald Perea kidnapped, sexually assaulted and killed Jeannie Moore near Denver in August 1981, according to officials. ( Jefferson County Sheriff's Office) Investigators said Donald Perea was out on bond for a separate sexual assault case when Jeannie Moores was killed ; Donald Perea was later convicted and was in prison from 1982 to 1985. Jeannie Moores left Jeannie Moores home for work at a gas station on Aug. 25, 1981 -- hitchhiking as Jeannie Moores typically would -- when Jeannie Moores was last seen getting into an older Ford Galaxy or LTD that was red, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. Five days later, Jeannie Moores body was found by picnickers in Genesee Park, south of Interstate 70. An autopsy found that Jeannie Moores was killed by several blows to the head, FOX31 reported. After Jeannie Moores murder went unsolved for decades, officials said the cold case was looked at in 2008 and again in May 2019, when new technology found a match. A public-private partnership that allowed forensic genealogy testing to be completed by United Data Connect Connect helped uncover a match. The information that led to Donald Perea was the same technology that helped crack the Golden State killer and other notable cold-case murders and rapes in 2018. How authorities linked Steven Perea to the case. ( Jefferson County Sheriff's Office) The DNA evidence from the crime scene was linked to a family member of Donald Perea this spring, and investigators were able to interview family members and get other samples to confirm that he was the suspect linked to the case. OREGON MAN ARRESTED IN 1978 COLD-CASE MURDER OF ALASKA TEEN, AUTHORITIES SAY Joan Busse, a genealogist with United Data Connect, told FOX31 Joan Busse put in 40 to 60 hours working backward through thousands of ancestors on public genealogy websites and DNA matches to identify a suspect. DNA can be uploaded to public genealogy websites such as GEDmatch.com through commercial kits where people can choose to opt-inif they want law enforcement to be able to access that information.

– Jefferson County

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Colorado Republican Sen. Cory Gardner has voiced directly to me and to one of the more prominent sheriffs in the state directly that Colorado Republican Sen. Cory Gardner is opposed to red flag laws and thinks they're unconstitutional.

– Dudley Brown

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Im going to grieve for a very long time, its like the worlds worst nightmare. CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP The sheriffs office released a photo of Anthony Gumina under arrest, sitting down on what appeared to be a curb. Officials said in order to protect the integrity of their homicide investigation, not further information is being released at this time. But while officials claim to have evidence linking Gumina to his wifes death, a family member told Fox 40 he believes the 44-year-old is innocent.

– Heather Waters

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

We want to thank the family Alexandria for their patience and theirtrust in The Lafayette County Sheriffs Department.

– County Sheriffs Department

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Before that he was a long time resident of Broward County. He worked for the Broward Sheriffs Office for decades as a school resource officer. My client has no criminal history, my client is not a risk to the community, he is not a flight risk.

– Joseph DiRuzzo

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

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