Sarasota Police Department

The report, obtained by the Florida Trident and authored by Sarasota police Det. Angela Cox, recounts how Christian Ziegler went “on the prowl” in bars for women to bring home to Bridget, a Sarasota County School Board member who has backed a number of anti-LGBTQ measures at both the state and local level, for threesome encounters.

Sarasota Police Chief Rex Troche launches the project as a means to speak directly to the people his department serves.

The Florida Trident reports new information released by Sarasota police reveals details on a rape allegation against Christian Ziegler.

New details have emerged in the now-closed sexual battery investigation of recently ousted Florida GOP chairman Christian Ziegler that contradict his claim a threesome involving his wife was planned on the day the woman alleged he raped her.

Police have cleared the ousted chair of the Florida Republican Party of rape allegations, but have asked prosecutors to charge him with video voyeurism.

The alleged sexual battery occurred inside the woman’s home in Sarasota last month, according to a police report. According to sources close to the investigation, she said she and both Zieglers had been involved in a longstanding consensual three-way sexual relationship prior to the incident.

It's part of the department's efforts to decentralize and strengthen trust within the community.

Officers and civilians rely on a hierarchy of approaches to help address one the region’s top social problems.

The SPD is hosting two "Done with the Gun" events Saturday. And they will accept all guns and ammo, no questions asked.

Under Florida law, police can pull over and ticket drivers for playing music too loud. One historically black neighborhood is working with police to enforce the law without endangering the people who break it.

At a Sarasota news conference, Attorney General Ashley Moody says xylazine is being mixed with other, more common illegal drugs, and being sold to unsuspecting users.

Rex Troche, a member of the Sarasota Police Department since 2002, has served as interim chief since August 2021.