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The district police chief explained how he had mistakenly applied for a program that aids federal immigration agents. The application is no longer being considered.
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The immigration agency had listed Lake Placid, New York, as having signed a 287(g) pact. It was actually the city in Highlands County. The mistake was eventually corrected, but not without some confusion.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis said he has directed state law enforcement officials to assist Miami Beach and other cities with resources and personnel through April.
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The city will tripling the amount of officers on patrol and beach sweeps with police on horseback.
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The governor said he was announcing a “boater freedom initiative” that would change laws permitting inspections and searches under the justification of safety checks.
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State leaders are seeking greater cooperation between local law enforcement and immigration agencies. Immigrant advocates warn that trust between police and the communities they protect will erode.
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First responders make up 1.4% of Florida’s workforce, but their suicide rate is more than two times higher than other working-age Floridians. The 2nd Alarm Project deploys teams to communities to help.
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Some national law enforcement agencies and policing experts say a PIT maneuver performed that night — such as the one that lead to the deaths of four teenagers in Alachua County — is anything but proper.
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The court's decision – involving a citizen who accused the Citrus County Sheriff's Office of misconduct – is the latest to provide new mechanisms for civilian oversight of law enforcement, even as others were curtailed in recent days by Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican-led Legislature.
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The course would be developed by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement in consultation with the Department of Elder Affairs.
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Should law enforcement officers be able to claim Marsy's Law victim privacy protections if they’re threatened with violence while on the job? That’s the question before state lawmakers in a new legislative proposal. It's a response to a recent Florida Supreme Court that says, no.
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A new program aims to alert law enforcement that an occupant within a home or a vehicle has autism. Police departments have increased training on how to interact with individuals on the spectrum.