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Rosie Cordero-Stutz was elected as the first Miami-Dade sheriff in 59 years with 55% of the vote in November, after receiving an endorsement from President-elect Donald Trump.

Families, law enforcement officers and Palm Beach County residents including president elect-Donald Trump were among those who paid tribute to three fallen motorcycle deputies at a memorial service on Tuesday.

Miami's Civilian Investigative Panel has sued the city after officials announced they'd be defunding the independent police watchdog group. The panel believes it can remain in existence, despite a state law aimed at police oversight.

City of Miami voters in 2001 showed outsized support for an independent civilian panel to investigate police misconduct. But the City will soon dissolve the Civilian Investigative Panel to comply with a contentious new state law that bans such police watchdog groups.

Victims of police misconduct are filing a class action lawsuit after they were subjected to rubber bullets and tear gas without warning during a 2020 protest following George Floyd's murder in Minneapolis.

A civil rights attorney says deputies responding to a disturbance call at a Florida apartment complex burst into the wrong unit and fatally shot a Black U.S. Air Force airman. Fortson died after the shooting at his off-base residence in Fort Walton Beach.

A 2018 constitutional amendment designed to bolster victims' rights "does not explicitly" shield the identities of police officers — or any other people — from disclosure, the Florida Supreme Court ruled in a major decision on Thursday.

A recent shooting outside a Brickell nightclub marked the third gun incident in the area in three months. Some residents say they want more cops in the neighborhood, but police say overall crime in Brickell is actually down.

Cherise Gause becomes North Miami's first Haitian-American female police chief, hoping to be a "role model" for young women of all colors.

This week on the South Florida Roundup, we discussed the tragedy of Miami-Dade’s police director and the triumph of Miami Beach’s new police chief (12:41), the challenges of teaching Black history in Florida (18:50) and a play that shows who was the real José Martí (36:18).

Six cities are dropping a constitutional challenge to a 2021 Florida law aimed at shielding police departments from budget cuts, after SB 1595 was revamped this spring.

Two former South Florida police officers turned themselves in to face felony charges over the beating of a homeless man who had been drinking outside a shopping center last month.