Some recent CAR stories: (Stories might also be available in the IRE Resource Center. Check by searching the database at www.ire.org/resourcecenter)
"Understaffed or Poorly Managed?" St. Petersburg Times Jan. 2000 www.sptimes.com/Archivel012300/Pasco.shtml The Times' analysis of sheriff's staffing and response times showed the office had deputies available to answer 80 percent of its priority one calls. The average delay at the dispatch center was nearly four minutes.
"Discarded and Decayed" The Journal Gazette Dec. 19, 1999-Jan 2, 2000 www.jg.net/jg/landlords/ A six-month investigation of Fort Wayne housing that included computer-assisted research of health, housing code and property found that the county was one of the biggest violators of housing ordinances.