Three South Florida police chiefs, along with several elected officials, said Wednesday said complicated rules, lack of national standards, and too little information stymie their efforts to rid their forces of the kind of officers who were responsible for the killing of George Floyd, or stood by and did nothing to stop it.

Chiefs Sean Brammer of Florida Atlantic University, Michael Gregory of Boynton Beach and Javaro Sims of Delray Beach offered their assessments of what does and doesn’t work, and recommendations for change in a wide-ranging video conference.

As South Florida sees the fifth day of protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Broward County has decided to lift its mandatory curfew that was put in place to stave off possible violence after protests. Miami-Dade slid its curfew from 9 p.m. to midnight.

On Wednesday afternoon, Broward County Administrator Bertha Henry confirmed a new emergency order that ended the county curfew that was put into place Sunday. The original curfew was set to last seven days.

The rain that pounded South Florida last week, and dumped a half foot on Miami International Airport in just two hours, also tested the limits of the old Tamiami Canal.

As a tourist destination, the Keys rely on events to bring people to the island chain. But large gatherings are discouraged during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Key West City Commission this week gave the go-ahead to an event that usually draws large crowds to the island's Atlantic shore: Fourth of July fireworks.

TALLAHASSEE — A circuit judge on Wednesday refused to toss out a lawsuit alleging that a state school-safety commission created after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School violated an open-government law.