By Maxine Bernstein The Oregonian PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland police – under a federal court order to improve how they deal with mental health crisis calls — still don't have a good handle on how often officers encounter people with mental illness, outside monitors say. The Police Bureau has provided "well-executed" training for 85 officers […]

By Bill Laitner Detroit Free Press DETROIT — Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard has been recognized as the nation’s outstanding sheriff of 2016. Bouchard was chosen from among more than 3,000 elected sheriffs across the country, and he’s the first Michigan sheriff to gain the honor bestowed by National Sheriffs’ Association, based in Alexandria, Va., […]

Author: Garey McKeePolice Limit Comic is a politically-motivated, pro-law enforcement comic strip, topical in its writing and unapologetically blunt. For more than a decade, the strip’s cast of unnamed characters has been constantly struggling with stresses, not only from the criminal element on the street, but also from the upper echelons of the police department’s […]