Law Enforcement

Miami-Dade County police officers can face excessive force and wrongful death allegations in a lawsuit stemming from a 2014 death.

The incident was triggered not by an actual threat, but rather by the sound of an acorn hitting an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s patrol car.

We continue our review of 2024 legislative proposals with today's focus on efforts at criminalizing "sleeping in public" and establishing homeless tent camps around the state, and the problems of private equity firms buying up...

Listen:   A bill to dismantle police citizen review boards moved forward in the state senate on Wednesday, but critics say the bill would end a program that builds trust between police and the community....

Companion proposals in the Florida legislature could dissolve police oversight boards across the state, including those in Tampa and St. Petersburg. One bill already cleared a senate committee this week. Joining The Skinny on Friday,...

A Florida Senate committee approved an effort to ban review boards that investigate local law enforcement.

Listen: House Speaker Paul Renner has promised to end citizen police review boards. The bill to do that is now moving forward in the State House. Renner made the pledge during opening remarks on Tuesday....

The proposals would create a public-records exemption — including for police officers who say they are crime victims.

Activist groups are planning a press conference and march at the Palmetto Police Department after they claim a man was brutalized by police.

Decertification process begins for large teachers’ union Florida’s largest teachers union has failed to meet the conditions of a new state law requiring that a supermajority of members pay dues. This set in motion its decertification...

Affordable housing is top concern St. Pete residents were able to weigh in on how $50 million in funding associated with the Historic Gas Plant District redevelopment should be spent. Affordable housing was the top concern...

Controversial Miami Wilds project A federal judge ruled that the National Park Service violated two federal laws when it decided to release land to Miami-Dade County for the controversial Miami Wilds project.   Driskell raises...