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Mitch PerryOctober 31, 2016

With the possibility Florida may finally pass a state law legalizing medicinal marijuana next week, advocates for the legislation say opponents of Amendment 2 are using “scare tactics” to try to persuade Floridians to reject the proposal. Specifically, they’re taking aim at the claims there is a danger of marijuana edibles ending up in their children’s […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterOctober 13, 2016

Florida police chiefs want voters to vote “No on 2.” The Florida Police Chiefs Association called on Florida voters to just say no to the 2016 medical marijuana constitutional amendment. The statewide organization joins several other law enforcement organizations and officials, including the Florida Sheriff’s Association, Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings, and Palm Beach Sheriff Ric […]

Scott PowersOctober 6, 2016

Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs has ordered a countywide curfew starting tonight and running through Saturday morning, and Sheriff Jerry Demings said his patrols will be making sure only essential emergency drivers are on the roads. The curfew will run from 10 p.m. Thursday through 7 a.m. Saturday. Earlier, Seminole County declared a curfew running […]

Scott PowersSeptember 27, 2016

Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings Tuesday urged state officials to reconsider their decision to close community-based transition centers. Demings, a Democrat seeking re-election this fall, was responding to reports that the Florida Department of Corrections intends to close the Orlando Transition Center and others around that state, eliminating 688 community-based substance abuse treatment beds. “Research indicates […]

Scott PowersJuly 15, 2016

Whose fault was it that Orlando did not qualify for federal funding to shore up anti-terrorism efforts the past few years? U.S. Rep. John Mica called a congressional hearing Friday to see, and several officials concluded it was at least partly because of Congress. Mica was not entirely convinced and countered with several reasons why he is […]

Lloyd DunkelbergerJuly 13, 2016

The Florida Sheriffs Association has elected its first African-American president in the history of the law enforcement association. Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings will lead the organization, which represents the 66 elected sheriffs in the state and the appointed public safety director in Miami-Dade County. Demings, a native of Orlando who has been the Orange […]

Associated PressJune 16, 2016

A sheriff said charges are unlikely against a Nebraska couple after an alligator killed their 2-year-old son by snatching him out of shallow water at a Walt Disney World beach, but the entertainment giant is reviewing whether to add gator warning signs. Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings told The Associated Press after a news conference […]

Associated PressJune 15, 2016

The Latest on search for boy dragged away by alligator (all times local): 4:30 p.m. Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings says searchers have recovered the body of a 2-year-old Nebraska boy snatched by an alligator at Walt Disney World. The boy was attacked Tuesday night as he waded in shallow water at the edge of […]

Scott PowersJune 9, 2016

Orange County voters will try again and try again to do something many officials thought it had already done once, convert the sheriff, tax collector, comptroller and three other offices to nonpartisan elected officials. The Orange County Charter Review Commission voted Thursday to put not one but two new proposed charter amendments on the November […]

Scott PowersMay 26, 2016

A judge ruled Thursday that Orange County had no authority to make the elections of constitutional officers nonpartisan contests, striking down the results of a 2014 ballot issue that did so. Those offices are now partisan again. Circuit Court Judge Keith White ruled in Orange County that the question put before county voters in the Nov. 2014, […]

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Medical marijuana advocates slam ‘scare tactics’ of Florida Sheriffs Association and Drug Free America

Florida police chiefs oppose medical marijuana amendment

Teresa Jacobs declares curfew for Orange County

Jerry Demings urges state to keep open community facilities

John Mica congressional hearing on Orlando’s lost federal anti-terrorism money aims some blame at Congress

Florida Sheriffs Association elects first African-American president

Sheriff: Charges unlikely after 2-year-old killed by gator

Sheriff: Body of boy killed by gator recovered

Orange County voters get to try and try again to make elections non-partisan

Judge strikes down 2014 Orange County ballot issue that made elections nonpartisan