Danny McAuliffeMay 3, 20198min419
Some say it's a game-changer, some think the bill doesn't go far enough.
Tag: public safety
Danny McAuliffeMay 3, 2019
Janelle Irwin TaylorMarch 28, 2019
6min392
White's proposal comes just days after a 12-year old boy was injured crossing the street.
Danny McAuliffeDecember 11, 2018
13min1162
Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis is enlisting the aid of five people with close ties to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting to help shape the new administration’s public-safety policy. The panel names as advisers Andy Pollack and Hunter Pollack, respectively father and brother of Meadow Pollack, who was killed during the Feb. 14 massacre in Parkland. Ryan […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 27, 2018
5min311
A mailer is hitting voters’ mailboxes this weekend pushing for Amendment 10, which would constitutionally require certain county offices be elected. The Florida Sheriff’s Association flyer features Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri on the front. Gualtieri is a board member on the statewide group backing Amendment 10. “The importance of our Sheriffs in protecting Florida’s […]
Scott PowersAugust 7, 2018
2min268
Orange County mayoral candidate Rob Panepinto is launching his second television commercial, this time highlighting his commitments for a diverse economy, affordable housing and public safety. The 30-second ad, “Vision,” picks up where his first commercial left off, first providing a human-side for the Winter Park entrepreneur, with shots of him and his family, and […]
Staff ReportsJuly 3, 2018
4min649
It’s almost Independence Day, which in Florida means: Time to scare some birds. Although you can buy fireworks in the state, they’re not actually legal here. Indeed, The Tampa Tribune in 2014 called fireworks sales in Florida an “institutionalized charade,” leading one lawmaker to call for “more freedom (and) less fraud.” Retail sales are allowed only […]
Florence SnyderMarch 10, 2017
4min292
While Bald Badasses Rick Scott and Rick (“We know the terrorists are here!”) Swearingen are busy playing dress-up like Jack Bauer and Jason Bourne, Florida’s criminal justice basics are increasingly under the command of the Keystone Kops. The governor and FDLE commissioner are looking to raid state trust funds to “fight terrorism” by adding 46 […]
Les NeuhausMarch 7, 2017
2min362
In an effort to promote public safety, a state legislator filed a bill widening by a far margin the state’s use of body cameras by the law enforcement community at large. State Rep. Al Jacquet filed HB 513 Monday. The bill would, if enacted, require officers to wear and use body cameras while conducting routine traffic […]
Staff ReportsAugust 22, 2016
2min384
A former Boca Raton city employee who rose to become its mayor also has become president of the Florida League of Cities. Susan Haynie, a 44-year resident of the city, was installed Monday at the organization’s yearly conference in Hollywood. “We all recognize that the best government is the one closest to the people,” she said in a […]
A.G. GancarskiJuly 25, 2016
7min239
On Monday, an emphatic Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry pushed back against the untimely release of a draft version of a sheriff’s task force report saying County Referendum 1 — extending the current half-cent sales tax to address pension costs — wasn’t going far enough without a millage hike accompanying it. The genesis of the Monday morning presser […]