One of Speaker Will WEatherford’s priorities for this legislative session was closing the Florida Retirement System Pension Plan for new employees and requiring them to enter into a 401k type of fund.  Some legislators who voted for Weatherford’s plan found themselves in quite an awkward position.  They themselves are members of the pension plan, receiving [...]

An internal investigation has shown that Clearwater Police Lt Richard Creen, improperly accessed the law enforcement database known as DAVID improperly as many as 100 times in a 2 year period.  He checked the records of 54 people, including the wives of fellow officers, a local tv personality, and his ex-wife’s boyfriend.  Crean is now [...]

The Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office has dropped all charges against Anthony and Antwan Walker.  They were both arrested last month after entering the crime scene where there brother had been murdered.  The brothers then wrestled with officers .  The Miami Police Department said that Homicide Detective Fernando Bosch used appropriate force in restraining and punching [...]

The Medley Police Department announced that it could not make a decision on 1 officer of the year, so they selected 2.  Both are sergeants  who were hired together at the department.  Sgts Chris Little and Jose Ayala have led similar career paths at the department.  For up-to-date news accounts of this story, photos and [...]

Two of the three police officers from the Town of Medley, FL that were ordered fired by the Chief of Police after their alleged participation in a cover up of a traffic accident involving one of the officers have settled their lawsuits against the town.  Chief Jeanette Said-Jinete ordered the firings of Lt Joseph Olmedo, [...]

Pasco County Sheriff’s Captain Mike Ferrantelli recently competed in the 2013 Masters Bench Press World Championship in Prague, Czech Republic.  Where he benched 578.8 pounds in the Master 1 Division to win the Gold Medal.   For up-to-date news accounts of this story, photos and to post a comment, please access the links below: Pasco County [...]

St Petersburg Police Officer Mehmedin Karic who was fired back in August for speeding when he hit and killed Harold Fleming in a wheelchair.  Fleming was crossing a dark part of the street wearing dark clothes and a street light was out in the area.  Karic was doing 61 MPH in a 40 MPH Zone. [...]

A Transit Police Officer, Richard Donohue, who was critically wounded in the shootout with the Boston Marathon Bombers, may have been hit by friendly fire according to witnesses.     The witnesses say that it appears that Donohue was shot at the end of the shootout as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sped off in a SUV and [...]

On Thursday the Florida Supreme Court voted 5-2 in a ruling that prohibits police from searching someone’s cell phone without a warrant.  Previous to this ruling, police were seizing cell phones from suspects in crimes and going through them for any information that might be relevant.  Now any information obtained from a cell phone without the [...]

Miami-Dade County Public Schools Police Chief Charles Hurley has been cleared of allegations of sexual harassment, but was to have acted unprofessionally.  Hurley resigned during the investigation rather than accept a demotion to a position outside of the police department.  For up-to-date news accounts of this story, photos and to post a comment, please access [...]