Jacob OglesMarch 27, 2023
9min0
A proposal unrolled Friday would increase benefits for more than 780,000 state employees.
Tag: Florida State Fraternal Order of PoliceKamala Harris is winning the popularity contest, by a hair.
Jacob OglesMarch 27, 2023
Scott PowersJune 29, 2022
4min0
Fraternal Order of Police, former Orange County Sheriff back Santos.
Associated PressMarch 28, 2020
11min416
Law enforcement faces unprecedented challenges.
A.G. GancarskiDecember 22, 2017
4min329
Donors are demanding their money back from former state Senator (and still current candidate for Governor) Jack Latvala. However, the Fraternal Order of Police still stands by its endorsement of the Pinellas senator whose sexual harassment and intimidation became national news. And the next time the police union may review the decision will be in February — weeks […]
A.G. GancarskiDecember 21, 2017
6min271
Sen. Jack Latvala is no longer a factor in Tallahassee; his resignation Wednesday sealed that, ending what accusers in two separate independent reports called “decades” of sexual harassment and quid pro quo coercion. However, Jacksonville politics saw prominent players on both sides of the Latvala scandal – and those players will have to deal with each other […]
A.G. GancarskiDecember 20, 2017
3min234
Update: Jack Latvala resigned from the Senate Wednesday afternoon. In a resignation letter to Senate President Joe Negron, Latvala wrote: “I have never intentionally dishonored my family, my constituents or the Florida Senate. “My political adversaries have latched onto this effort to rid our country of sexual harassment to try to rid the Florida Senate of […]
A.G. GancarskiOctober 14, 2017
5min866
On Saturday in Jacksonville, state Sen. Jack Latvala promised a “significant announcement.” And he delivered, with the 22,000 member Florida State Fraternal Order of Police endorsing the Pinellas Republican’s gubernatorial bid. This endorsement, delivered after the FOP State Lodge Board meeting in Jacksonville, wasn’t necessarily surprising; back in August, when Latvala announced his candidacy in Hialeah, […]
Mitch PerrySeptember 16, 2016
3min240
The Charlie Crist campaign announced late Friday afternoon that the Democrat fighting to win Florida’s 13th Congressional District this November has been endorsed by the Florida Professional Firefighters and the Florida State Fraternal Order of Police. “Every day, our firefighters put their lives on the line for the communities they love and serve,” said Jim Tolley, president of […]