The investigation started when the Sheriff’s Office received a tip from a citizen that Bolatete “expressed a hatred for Muslims and made a specific threat to ‘shoot up’ a mosque,” according to the complaint.
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"I will take those bullets instead of a fellow officer or innocent bystander," the officer, who was ambushed by Rojas, said on the stand. "When I brought the fight back, you ran like a coward."
Read More →When Hurricane Irma hit Florida and Hurricane Harvey hit Texas, outside agencies and members of the community stepped up to lend a hand to officers whose homes were damaged or destroyed.
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A Collier County (FL) Sheriff's Office K-9 died earlier this month after undergoing a medical procedure from which he did not recover.
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Hawkins was the first officer to arrive at the scene Sept. 26 after a U.S. Customs and Border Protection pilot was shot by 18-year-old Jake Lewis IV, who committed suicide immediately after. Lewis had screamed “I hate f****** cops” before shooting the agent four times in the parking lot of a Publix in the Oakleaf area of Clay County.
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K-9 officer Casper works for the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. In May, he took a bullet meant for his partner.
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A 31-year-old DeBary, FL, man was arrested Sunday afternoon after deputies discovered potentially explosive devices and substances in his parents’ home, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said.
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A Florida police officer who was shot in the face earlier this year got a visit from country music star Chris Stapleton.
Read More →The department decided to implement Motorola Solutions' CommandCentral Analytics to turn its vision for intelligence-led policing into a reality.
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The search is on for two men who fired several shots into a Zephyrhills, FL, police officer’s home and police vehicle early Tuesday morning.
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