Florida Highway Patrol

The Florida Highway Patrol was the first agency to enter into a new kind of street-level deportation enforcement agreement with ICE. But without any public notice, ICE has been striking the same deals with local and state law enforcement agencies across Florida and the nation, WLRN has learned. "We're turning into a police state," said an ACLU director.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a sweeping new agreement with the federal government allowing Florida Highway Patrol to engage in “street level enforcement” of federal immigration laws and arrest immigrants without a warrant. A South Florida activist said it could lead to fear and "racial profiling in our communities."

A top Miami-Dade County official announced last week that Florida Highway Patrol troopers will be stationed at each of the county’s nine driver license offices, the day after Gov. Ron DeSantis said FHP troopers are being deputized to enforce federal immigration laws.

There were fewer hit-and-run crashes last year. But fatalities were up by 18 percent. Hit-and-run crashes were down in 2020. But deaths from such collisions were up by 18 percent,

The Florida Highway Patrol will be looking for speeders and impaired drivers during the dangerous Thanksgiving weekend.

A state trooper posted racially charged messages on social media that suggested he would act violently against protesters and “give them good lead."Cpl.…

Unless you are going to President Donald Trump’s rally Tuesday, stay away from the BB&T Center.Sunrise is expecting heavy traffic near the arena and the…

A northbound stretch of Interstate 95 was closed to traffic before dawn Thursday because of a crash that the Florida Highway Patrol says involves a…

A passenger on a private flight headed out of Key West stepped in front of the plane Saturday night and was struck by the propeller, which severed one of…

Lawyers for two black women involved in police altercations in South Florida are calling for criminal charges against officers, citing an excessive use of…

The Florida Highway Patrol is suspending a top official for three days as part of its review into whether troopers were ordered to meet traffic ticket...

The second-highest ranking officer in the Florida Highway Patrol is stepping down after acknowledging he wrote an email in May encouraging troopers to…