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Associated PressNovember 9, 2015

A newspaper has reported that Florida law enforcement agencies shot people an average of once every three days in 2013 and 2014. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reported Monday that Florida authorities shot at least 249 people in the two-year span, with 162 of the shootings being fatal. The newspaper reported the numbers after making hundreds […]

Phil AmmannNovember 2, 2015

Whenever there is a police officer-involved shooting, supervisors often call the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for an independent investigation. Now the agency is struggling to keep up. According to WFTS Tampa, FDLE’s caseload on officer-involved shootings jumped 31 percent last year; and rising 117 percent during the past five years. The backlog is leaving […]

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249 people were shot by Florida authorities in 2013, 2014

FDLE “can’t keep up” with officer-involved shooting caseload, requests $3.4M for new agents