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Government in Action

Government in Action All four of the Seminole County, Fla. (suburban Orlando), judges who hear drunk-driving cases have routinely tossed out all challenged breath-alcohol readings since January (a total of more than 700), according to a September Orlando Sentinel story, because the judges believe the defendants should be given access to the machines’ computer code.…

Letters to the Editor

One law enforcement officer’s advice on crime Editor, I am a Savannah native now living and working in Virginia Beach due to my husband’s service in the Navy. I am currently a Probation and Parole Officer, specializing in investigations, fugitive hunting, and gangs (or the watered-down name of “security threat groups”). I attended a Street…

‘Baby Steps’ to bridge the gaps

Here we go again. Another assault, this time a debutante, downtown, in a square most of us have walked through hundreds of times. So what do we get? Another call for another commission, this time directed to lawyers, doctors, business people. Another collective cry for more police (fill those vacancies but first increase salaries for…


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