Sheriff Bob White announced today he will phase out a unit that tracks court defendants before trials and reassign the unit's four deputies to patrol duty. ...more

March 20, 2009

Sheriff Bob White has hired former Florida Highway Patrol chief of staff Christopher Nucco as captain of administration. ...more

March 19, 2009

The Pasco Sheriff's Office is doing away with its air unit and plans to spend the money on road deputies instead. What will be the impact on Pasco County's crime rate and public safety. ...more

March 11, 2009

Sometime during my junior year in high school, my mom hauled me to a men's store to have me fitted for my first suit. This, despite my protestation - when was I ever going to wear a suit? - which was feeble in the face of Mom's withering logic. ...more

March 6, 2009

Pasco County Sheriff Bob White announced Thursday that he will disband the agency's air unit - eliminating four helicopters and one airplane - to cut annual operational costs by $600,000, much of which will be reallocated to hire more patrol deputies. ...more

March 6, 2009

Inmates are being kept in stitches through a sewing program the Pasco Sheriff's Office has started. The program teaches prisoners a vocational skill while cutting costs at the jails by patching mattresses and other items, according to a press release today from Tim Couet, a spokesman for the Sheriff's Office. ...more

March 5, 2009

Pasco County Sheriff Bob White announced this morning he is disbanding the agency's air unit to cut annual operational costs by $600,000, much of which will be reallocated to put more patrol deputies on the streets. The department will return its four helicopters to the federal government surplus program that provided them and will advertise its airplane for sale on the Internet, he said. ...more

March 5, 2009

Pasco Sheriff Bob White says he will only use part of the Penny for Pasco allocation slated for his agency next fiscal year and will hand over approximately $1.9 million to the county. ...more

February 27, 2009

Pasco Sheriff Bob White says he will only use part of the Penny for Pasco allocation slated for his agency next fiscal year and will hand over approximately $1.9 million to the county. ...more

February 26, 2009

The torch was lit, the games had begun and Charles Leach was ready to shine Tuesday in the 10-meter assisted walk at the Pasco County Special Olympics. ...more

February 25, 2009