The sheriff said if anyone confronts an employee about them not wearing mask, the employee should “politely and professionally tell them I am not required to wear a mask nor will I, per the Order of the Sheriff,” and walk away.
August 12, 2020
An officer with the Largo (FL) Police Department was struck by a passing bus as he attempted to create distance between himself and a dog that had been charging him in an aggressive manner.
August 7, 2020
“We had people that were just walking past the site while we were working last night who picked up rollers and joined in with us and while they did that, they would send messages back home to people who were with law enforcement," said organizer Kelli Campbell with Back the Blue Florida.
August 3, 2020
An officer with the Tampa Police Department was wounded—as were several other individuals—when a gunman reportedly went on a "shooting spree" on Thursday evening.
July 31, 2020
Both officers crouching over the girl and tapped her back as she lay on her side near the pool, her appendages turning darker shades of purple.
July 29, 2020
An officer with the Lake City (FL) Police Department was shot while making a welfare check at a home that had been recently struck by bullets.
July 28, 2020
An officer with the Orlando Police Department was assisted by a Good Samaritan in reviving a person who had appeared to have overdosed on drugs.
July 24, 2020
An off-duty officer with the Cocoa Beach Police Department is being hailed as a hero after he leaped into the surf to pull a young boy out of danger from a nearby shark in the water.
July 20, 2020
While there have been calls across the country to "defund" police departments and have the funding reallocated to other providers of social services, one city in Florida is bucking that trend and increasing the budget for the police department by nearly $30 million annually.
July 16, 2020
The director of the Miami-Dade (FL) Police Department says he has begun the process that will likely end with the termination of an officer who was seen on video punching a woman in the face at Miami International Airport earlier this week.
July 3, 2020
"If we can’t handle you, I’ll exercise the power and authority as the sheriff, and I’ll make special deputies of every lawful gun owner in this county and I’ll deputize them for this one purpose to stand in the gap between lawlessness and civility."
July 1, 2020
Officers with the Miami-Dade Police Department were among the very first on scene of a fire in a dwelling in which a victim was suspected to still be inside.
June 25, 2020
Several officers with the Tampa (LF) Police Department were reportedly ambushed early Saturday morning while responding to a call for service.
June 23, 2020
A mock lynching of a mannequin wearing a police uniform was found hanging over an interstate highway in Florida over the weekend.
June 22, 2020
Officers with the St. Petersburg (FL) Police Department said goodbye to one of its K-9s this week following retirement from duty due to undisclosed medical conditions.
June 19, 2020