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Newsby Staff WriterJune 29, 2010

Driver In Custody In Slaying of Tampa Officers, Search Continues for Shooter

Police have detained Cortnee' Nicole Brantley, 22, to determine the location of passenger Dontae Rashawn Morris, 24. Morris is now wanted on two counts of first-degree murder and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

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Articlesby Dean ScovilleApril 29, 2010

Shots Fired: Jacksonville, Florida 01/26/2008

The two men continued a rapid fire exchange of rounds, the suspect standing atop the embankment and Reston struggling to move uphill toward him.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 25, 2010

Ex-Con Assaults Miami-Dade Officer With Cinder Block and Unmarked Patrol Car

Michael Paul Robertson assaulted Officer Carlos Castillo, while Robertson's girlfriend watched. Castillo, a detective and 15-year-veteran, had pulled over the ex-con, who fled.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 16, 2010

Broward Deputies' Tear Gas Flushes Out Knife-Wielding Man

Deputies with the Broward County (Fla.) Sheriff's Office used tear gas to end a standoff with a suspect who had threatened officers and was seen with a knife, the Miami Herald reports.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 9, 2010

Florida Highway Patrol Buys 1,700+ Dell Rugged Laptops

More than 1,700 vehicles in the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) fleet have been equipped with Dell Latitude E6400 XFR rugged laptops and docking units.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 23, 2010

Supreme Court Validates Tampa PD's Miranda Warning

Kevin Dewayne Powell, who was arrested in August 2004 on a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm, informed officers he possessed a handgun, after police recited their standard Miranda warning to him.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 17, 2010

Florida Agency Buys 150 Three-Shot TASERs

TASER International has announced that it has received an order for 150 TASER X3 Electronic Control Devices (ECDs) and related accessories from the Lakeland (Fla.) Police Department. The TASER X3 is the latest, most sophisticated ECD model from TASER with a three-shot semi-automatic capability.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 11, 2010

Miami-Dade PD Green Fund Under Fire

The Florida Environmental Task Force Trust Fund was set up a decade ago to fight environmental crimes. Since then, the fund overseen by the county police department has spent more than $5 million — with half of that coming in the past three years.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 5, 2010

Miami-Dade PD's Fusion Center Coordinates Super Bowl Info Sharing

Solution seamlessly integrates 64 agencies, facilitating preventive analysis and situational awareness, which contributed to improved real-time decision making.

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Articlesby Scott GoldfineFebruary 1, 2010

Super Surveillance

In preparation for Super Bowl XLIV, the Miami-Dade Police Department coordinated with the FBI, Sony Electronics, a local security integrator and other emergency managers to install video surveillance that provides full coverage, smooth video handling and crowd control.

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