law enforcement

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday bashed Republican sheriffs and police chiefs for planning to urge the Trump administration to create a citizenship path for crime-free undocumented immigrants, calling the move “incoherent” and ill-advised.

‘We need a path for them’ to regularize their status, the Polk County sheriff argues.

Commissioner Stasi Kamoutsas' comments come after students across the state participated in walkouts protesting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ICE.

Investigators say one immigration official abused his girlfriend for years. Another admitted he sexually abused a woman in his custody. A third is charged with taking bribes. A review by The Associated Press found at least two dozen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees and contractors have been charged with crimes since 2020.

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.