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A Florida Deputy Allegedly Left a Biker ‘Cooked Alive’ After His Taser Ignited a Gas Station. Both of Them Now Face Charges. 19 March 2022 Officials in Florida have announced charges against two people involved in an arrest attempt at a gas station that went horribly wrong after a Taser...

North Miami, Florida, police officer Jonathon Aledda Court Quietly Overturns Conviction for Cop Who Shot a Therapist for Helping Lost Autistic Man 22 February 2022 The police shooting of Charles Kinsey on July 18, 2016, outraged the nation, as video footage captured Kinsey lying on his back...

Miami-Dade Police say cop who shot teen is a "victim," invoke Marsy's Law and won't name him 27 January 2022 Vito Corleone-Venisee, 15, was shot by a Miami-Dade police officer two weeks ago after a foot chase in Brownsville. His attorney said Vito was never a threat to police or the public...

A Jacksonville police SWAT officer was fired after showing up drunk at a gun range. Now he's getting his job back. Officer Nicholas Gifford will return to work after being fired when he came to a gun range with a blood alcohol level four times the legal limit 3 February 2022 A SWAT officer...

Former Clermont police officer accused of taking $50,000 from Florida police union Jeremy Kevitt arrested on felony charges of grand theft, organized fraud 8 September 2021 A former police officer has been arrested on felony charges, accused of stealing nearly $50,000 from a police union...

Officials: Florida deputy lied about being in coma, defrauded coworkers out of sick days 23 December 2021 A Florida woman has been accused of defrauding the sheriff's office where she worked. According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Trent Kellee Freeman, 38, of Bronson, on two...

WATCH: Deaf 88yo Retired Cop Killed by Police in His Own Home During Welfare Check—He Couldn’t Hear Officer 14 December 2021 All too often in this country, police are called out to check on the health of an individual who may be physically or mentally troubled. And, all too often, instead of...

Florida's Civil Asset Forfeiture Reforms Haven't Stopped the Shakedowns Despite civil asset forfeiture reforms in Florida, police are still finding ways to take people's stuff. 12 December 2021 On a May day in 2015, a task force of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents and Miami-Dade...

Ex-Port Orange police sergeant gets 5 years probation in elderly exploitation case 1 December 2021 An emotional Steven Braddock, a former Port Orange police sergeant, appeared to choke back tears as he stood before a judge for his sentencing Tuesday on accusations he bilked his elderly mother...

“Javi is a bad cop protected by bad leaders ...” ... For instance, Miami attorney Leonard Fenn said he was shocked when an appeals-court judge sided with Ortiz and other officers involved in the violent arrest of his client, a man named Francois Alexandre, when police cleared the streets of...

2018 DUI traffic stop at center of lawsuit over officer’s use of personal cellphone to capture video 6 October 2021 It was after midnight when former Maitland police officer Alexander Cruz said he spotted a woman speeding along Highway 17/92 near Park Avenue, with no headlights or taillights...

Albert Eckrode (left) & Monica Frederic (right) Fort Pierce police officer resigns for punching suspect, 2nd officer arrested 5 June 2020 A police officer resigned from the Fort Pierce Police Department after being caught on camera punching and slapping a suspect at Lawnwood Regional...