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Following Wedneday’s decision by the Florida First District Court of Appeal striking the state’s ban on openly carrying firearms, Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey says his deputies will no longer enforce the ban – even though the law hasn’t changed yet.

A video showing officers punching and dragging William McNeil from his car during a stop in February went viral online this summer and sparked nationwide outrage. The lawsuit filed in federal court on Wednesday says deputies with the Jacksonville Sheriff's office violated McNeil's civil rights when they pulled him from his car and beat him.

The tribute kicks off NOBLE’s 49th Annual Training Conference and Exhibition at the Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood. The four-day event runs from Saturday-Tuesday.

Sergio Velazquez has been arrested on charges of money laundering, organized fraud and first degree grand theft, after discrepancies in the city’s petty cash account and money seized during criminal investigations.

Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric Aden fired Deputy Eddie Duran on Friday, about a month after he killed Senior Airman Roger Fortson while responding to a domestic violence call and being directed to Fortson’s apartment. Chantemekki Fortson, Roger Fortson's mother, said the firing was akin to throwing her “a bone.”

An investigation by The Associated Press has found that at least 17 people died in Florida over a decade following physical encounters with police during which medical personnel also injected them with a powerful sedative.

The Gainesville Police Department and the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office have been arresting more juveniles for first-time misdemeanor offenses rather than issuing citations.

A Florida appeals court has effectively opened a loophole in the state's long-standing law against recording telephone conversations without the permission of both sides of the call, ruling that law enforcement officers performing their official duties can be secretly recorded because they have no expectation of privacy.

An Alzheimer's training course would be developed by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement in consultation with the Department of Elder Affairs.

In a unanimous ruling welcomed by civil liberties groups, the Florida Supreme Court ruled last week police cannot grant blanket anonymity to alleged crime victims under a victim’s rights provision known as “Marsy’s Law.”

A new report indicates that the federal government severely undercounts people who died while being transported, detained or arrested by law enforcement and those who died while incarcerated.

Palm Beach County Sheriff Office finally equipping its deputies with body-cameras.