With the city's crime rate plummeting the past six years - and the police department on pace for an 18 percent decrease this year - maintaining that trend could prove difficult. ...more

October 23, 2009

With the city's crime rate plummeting over the past six years – and the police department on pace for an 18 percent decrease this year – maintaining that trend could prove difficult. ...more

October 22, 2009

Thank you to Representative Castor for having the stamina to stand up to those ignorant opponents of health care insurance reform. ...more

September 6, 2009

Rafael Rokitta peered at the laptop Tampa police Officer Jimmy Owens opened on the trunk of a Ford Fusion in a city park Wednesday. ...more

March 7, 2009

Rafael Rokitta peered at the laptop Tampa police Officer Jimmy Owens opened on the trunk of a Ford Fusion in a city park Wednesday. With a few key clicks, Owens looked up possible suspects related to a recent burglary. "Do you have computers in your car in Germany?" Owens asked. Rokitta, a trainee for the Berlin police, shook his head. He has to run identity checks from a main police building; nothing portable. ...more

March 5, 2009

Reports of robberies have increased in Pinellas County this year but decreased in Tampa, law enforcement statistics show. ...more

December 4, 2008

An operator is standing by - at home. Companies that supply customer service agents to businesses around the world say they are saving money and attracting better employees by letting them work from their own houses. Using Internet telephone technology, the operators are able to answer questions and hear out complaints as if they were working in a sprawling call center in an office park. ...more

November 29, 2008

USF POLICE This is a partial list of crimes and service calls reported Oct. 27 to Nov. 3 to the University of South Florida Police Department. Questions about a specific event should be directed to the USF Police Department at (813) 974-2628. ...more

November 5, 2008

A home-schooled teenager who felt bullied amassed a cache of guns, knives and hand grenades and tried to recruit another boy for a possible school attack, authorities said Thursday. ...more

October 12, 2007