Florida Police Benevolent Association

The challenge contended the exemptions from the restrictions were intended to apply to all workers represented by public-safety unions — not just law-enforcement officers, correctional officers and firefighters.

“That a use of force is justified does not shield the identity of the person using it from public view,” Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri’s attorneys wrote in the document.

The court ruling marks the first major test of the new Marsy’s Law protections for crime victims — even when the victims are police officers.

Starting next month, thousands of Florida’s correctional and probation officers will decide which union they want representing them. The choice is...