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Website. www.douglascounty-ne.gov. Douglas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population is 584,526. It is the state's most populous county, home to just under 30% of Nebraska's residents. Its county seat is Omaha, [1] the state's largest city. The county was established in 1854 ...
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Nebraska.. According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 225 law enforcement agencies employing 3,765 sworn officers, about 211 for each 100,000 residents.
On January 23, 2016, Omaha Police Department police dog Kobus was shot and killed while attempting to apprehend a barricaded suspect following a standoff that began when Douglas County Sheriff's Deputies attempted to serve a mental health-related warrant. Kobus was the first known K9 with the Omaha Police Department to have been killed in the ...
Douglas County Correctional Center. / 41.2534; -95.9384. Douglas County Correctional Center ( DCCC) is a jail in Omaha, Nebraska. The jail is the largest in the Midwest and is operated by the Douglas County Department of Corrections. [1] The jail is used to house inmates in criminal or immigration related offenses.
The Omaha Race Riot occurred in Omaha, Nebraska, September 28–29, 1919.The race riot resulted in the lynching of Will Brown, a black civilian; the death of two white rioters; the injuries of many Omaha Police Department officers and civilians, including the attempted hanging of Mayor Edward Parsons Smith; and a public rampage by thousands of white rioters who set fire to the Douglas County ...
As of January 1, 2007, Nebraska became the 48th state to legalize concealed carry; permits to carry are being issued by the Nebraska State Patrol. NFA firearms (machine guns, short barreled shotguns, short barreled rifles, and silencers) are legal to own as long as they are compliant with federal law. Open carry is allowed without a permit.
October 11, 1979. The present Douglas County Courthouse is located at 1701 Farnam Street in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Built in 1912, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Notable events at the courthouse include two lynchings and the city's first sit-in during the Civil Rights Movement.
Webster County Sheriff's Department (Nebraska) This page was last edited on 21 April 2013, at 19:59 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...