California officials want a federal judge to end oversight of prison medical care in 30 days. That’s the thrust of documents filed late Monday in the court of a federal judge who seized control of state prison healthcare nearly a decade ago because one inmate a week was dying of shoddy care.

In a 43-page plan to end federal oversight, Corrections attorneys argued that healthcare is “wholly transformed,” that inmates get good care, from good doctors, in good clinics and that California’s got the “will, capacity, and leadership” to keep it up. They’ve asked U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson to relinquish control in 30 days...

Police searched a northern Escondido neighborhood Saturday night looking for a parolee but did not find him, a police spokesman said.

Police stopped Michael Acosta about 9:40 p.m. in the area of Valley Parkway and Beven Drive, Lt. Mike Loarie said. Acosta was wanted on a parole violation and took off running...

A parolee was arrested Saturday night after police say he broke into a hotel room and attempted to rob the occupants.

Joseph Montanez, 33, of Desert Hot Springs, forced open the room door of a resort hotel in the 68-100 block of Club Circle at about 10:45 p.m., waking the couple inside, Desert Hot Springs police Sgt. Gabriela Mendoza said.

Montanez demanded money from the couple and when they refused and tried to fight him off, he grabbed a wallet and cell phone and ran, Mendoza said....

A 33-year-old parolee was arrested Saturday night on suspicion of a home invasion robbery.

Desert Hot Springs police were called to a home invasion robbery on the 68100 block of Club Circle around 10:45 p.m. According to Desert Hot Springs police officers, a man later identified as Joseph Montanez, forced open a room door while victims slept.

Montanez allegedly demanded money from victims, who refused and tried to fight him off. The Desert Hot Springs man then quickly grabbed a wallet and a cell phone...

Republican Senator Tom Berryhill criticized the state's AB 109 prisoner realignment program.

On this past weekend's Mother Lode View, Berryhill slammed the program, which has resulted in many felons being monitored by local probation departments, rather than going to prison. Governor Jerry Brown pushed for the new plan after a three Judge panel mandated that California reduce its prison population by over 30,000 inmates. Berryhill said he would have preferred the state to "build more prisons and hire more guards." Berryhill added, "If they get caught (criminals), they immediately get released, and they know that there are no consequences."

On the issue of water, Berryhill stated that lawmakers are planning to delay a vote on the $11 billion bond issue until 2014. It is currently slated to go on the November ballot, but early polling shows that it has little chance of passing in the current economic climate. Berryhill remains in support of the legislation, which was authored in 2009 by then Mother Lode Senator Dave Cogdill...

Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration is sharply at odds with inmate advocates and a federal receiver over the future of the prison medical system, a new court filing showed Monday.

The document was submitted after the federal judge overseeing the case asked each side to present its proposals for how to end six years of federal control of inmate healthcare...

LAS VEGAS (KSNV MyNews3) – An emergency appeal with the Nevada Supreme Court to delay Thursday’s coroner’s inquest process has been granted.

A three-judge panel ruled that the inquest involving Eduardo Lopez-Hernandez is stayed until at least May 11.

The police union said it believes new inquest guidelines and parameters are unconstitutional because an ombudsman is provided to the deceased's family. The union says this makes the process adversarial...

Ron Westmoreland is a firefighter for the City of Bay Village, Ohio. The Fire Department has roughly 24 firefighters. Budget concerns in the spring of 2008 led to the adoption of changes that substantially reduced overtime for firefighters.

In addition, the Fire Chief recommended that the dive team be eliminated, a recommendation approved by the City Council. The Chief stated that the dive team had been used an average of less than once per year, had never actually rescued anyone, and had cost between $10,000 and $12,000 in overtime annually. Also, he determined that between 1999 and 2007, the City had purchased a total of more than $26,000 in diving gear and equipment from Westmoreland’s for-profit dive business...

HARTFORD, Conn. - The president of the Connecticut State Police Union is speaking out against legislation that would allow cities and towns to place traffic cameras at busy intersections and record drivers who run red lights.

Sgt. Andrew Matthews told The Hartford Courant on Wednesday that the bill's goal appears to be increasing revenue for cities and towns through traffic fines. He said troopers believe that police officers using discretion is a key element in public safety, and that replacing law enforcement with cameras is troublesome...

A campaign to let Camden residents decide the fate of a controversial takeover of the city’s police department by Camden County hit a roadblock Wednesday when the city filed an injunction seeking to block the referendum.

In a complaint filed in Superior Court, Camden attorneys argued that the decision whether to implement the plan is not up to voters and is within the sole authority of city and state officials.

The action comes three weeks after police-union officials and community activists submitted a petition with 2,800 signatures calling for an ordinance to block the police takeover, arguing it was a union-busting maneuver that would make the city unsafe by replacing veteran police with younger, inexperienced officers. Under state law, City Council — which was scheduled to meet on the matter next week — has to vote down the ordinance or put the matter to voters...