Former Golden Beach Police Officer Tammy Valdez and her husband Hialeah Police Officer Rafael Valdez have been indicted by a Federal Grand Jury for selling guns illegally.  They allegedly sold over 600 guns at gun shows and online over 7 years.  Rafael Valdez initially was suspended with pay following his arrest, but department officials later [...]

A small Kentucky police department is receiving death threats via mail and phone against its officers after just losing another officer to an ambush attack recently.  K-9 Officer Jason Ellis was on his way home from his shift at Bardstown Police Dept early Saturday May 25th, when he came across some debris in the highway [...]

After FOP President Nelson Cuba and Vice President Robbie Freitas were arrested on numerous charges in relation to the operation of an internet cafe, Cuba took an unpaid leave from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Department.  It turns out that Freitag quietly retired from the SO and is now collecting a pension check every month while awaiting [...]

German Bosque, the Opa-Locka Police Sergeant who won’t stay fired has been arrested again.  Bosque has been charged by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement with battery, kidnapping, and tampering with a witness.  The charges stem from a 2011 incident in which Bosque locked up a subject who had come to the police station to [...]

Four Hollywood Police Officers were honored recently for saving the life of a drowning teenager on Memorial Day.  Officers Shawn Charles, Jason Thomas, Steve Deifenbacher, and Greg Sladino were honored for their heroism and were personally thanked by the teen that they saved, Cottard Remy.  For up-to-date news accounts of this story, photos and to [...]

Liberty County, FL Sheriff Nick Finch was arrested today by Inspectors with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Office of Executive Investigation on a charge of Official Misconduct.  He was booked into the Liberty County Jail and then released on his own recognizance.  Governor Rick Scott suspended Finch and has appointed an interim Sheriff.  For [...]

Even though Federal Judge Murray Snow has ruled against Sheriff Joe Arpaio in the suit against his battle against illegal immigrants, the ruling does not curtail him from enforcing immigration laws.   The suit filed by several people stopped by Arpaio’s deputies, sought no monetary damages.  It sought just an order directing Arpaio to have [...]

The Florida Highway Patrol has cleared Trooper Daniel Cole in the shooting of cemetery owner Clifford Work.  Cole had knocked on a shed door where Work was asleep, waking Work.  Work thinking he was being robbed, opened the door with his Glock 30 in his hand and was blinded by light from a car.  Cole [...]

Former Miami Beach Police Officer Rolando Gutierrez will not be getting his job back with the police department.  An arbitrator ruled against him in his case against the city in which he admitted to drinking cranberry and vodka shots before work.  Gutierrez was later photographed with another officer with a bridal party just prior to [...]

On Tuesday the family of Raymond Herisse announced the filing of a lawsuit against the Miami Beach and Hialeah Police Departments.  In the suit the family claims that Herisse was executed by members of the departments when they shot him 16 times when officers fired at least 116 rounds at his vehicle at the 2011 [...]