The police union is upset with Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee because he won't go along with its contract proposal. But you won't see anything about its demand for raises of up to 10 percent in the union's brochures or ads attacking the sheriff. ...more

December 6, 2007

The one thing the two groups of deputies who faced off Tuesday outside the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office in Ybor City might agree on is that the agency is drastically understaffed. ...more

October 31, 2007

TAMPA - The one thing the two groups of deputies who faced off this morning outside the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office in Ybor City might agree on is that the agency is drastically understaffed. There's little else. Money, and how it's being spent, has divided the deputies who support Sheriff David Gee's administration and those who stood on the sidewalk with the West Central Florida Police Benevolent Association – the union that represents deputies and corporals. ...more

October 30, 2007

Hillsborough County citizens should be aware that the West Central Florida Police Benevolent Association has announced its intentions of bringing in political experts from Tallahassee to conduct a 'campaign' against the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office as a result of the current collective bargaining impasse. ...more

October 21, 2007

especially at a time when local governments are being forced to slash positions and programs because of a sluggish economy and state-imposed property tax cuts. ...more

October 10, 2007

Weeks have passed since the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office and the union that represents deputies reached an impasse in negotiating a new contract. ...more

October 8, 2007

TAMPA - Weeks have passed since the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office and the union that represents deputies reached an impasse in negotiating a new contract. ...more

October 7, 2007

Col. Chris Knight resigned as the Florida Highway Patrol's chief after a six-month state investigation that found he falsified a memo's date, but cleared him of most other allegations, according to a report released Tuesday. ...more

September 19, 2007

The spray of bullets that killed one Miami-Dade County police officer and hurt three others this week came from something increasingly common on this city's streets. ...more

September 15, 2007