Janelle Irwin TaylorApril 6, 2019
10min297
Straz posted a video defending himself against claims that he's lying.
Tag: Tampa Police Department
Janelle Irwin TaylorApril 6, 2019Janelle Irwin TaylorMarch 1, 2019
6min700
The ads showed the former police chief wearing a mourning badge.
Peter SchorschDecember 26, 2017
5min283
Tampa residents really like Bob Buckhorn. A new citywide poll is showing three-quarters of Tampa voters approve of the mayor’s job performance — and more than half will support a mayor like Buckhorn, one who will continue his policies. They also favor Tampa developing a citywide rail system to ease traffic congestion, paid for by taxpayers. […]
Mitch PerryOctober 26, 2017
4min192
On Thursday, the Tampa Police Department released a new video from the night of the first shooting in Seminole Heights. Law enforcement hopes releasing the video will help identify the person interim Police Chief Brian Dugan now calls a “person of interest.” At one point, the video shows the person running. “In my opinion, it gives […]
Peter SchorschDecember 27, 2016
4min222
As 2016 draws to a close, more Tampa Bay area residents than ever will turn to Uber for safe, affordable rides to and from New Year’s Eve celebrations. Once again, Uber is partnering with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, Tampa Police Department and Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), to provide area residents and visitors a […]
Mitch PerryApril 26, 2016
5min162
Although registration for Republicans have surged in a number of states this primary season, the larger trend is that people are becoming more disaffected by our two major political parties, and signing up as independents. And with Democratic superdelegates on one side, and top ranking GOP officials seemingly doing whatever they can to try to […]
Associated PressNovember 9, 2015
4min190
An analysis by The Tampa Bay Times showed that Tampa police wrote more tickets last year than sheriff’s offices in Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties combined and more per capita than cops in Jacksonville, Miami, St. Petersburg and Orlando, the state’s four other largest cities. And no other law enforcement agency in the state arrests […]
Phil AmmannMay 8, 2015
3min193
After calling for federal review of police practices in vehicle and bicycle code enforcement, both Tampa police and Mayor Bob Buckhorn insist there is no need to further expand an upcoming Justice Department investigation. That’s despite a WTSP-TV report showing the Tampa Police Department arrested more black people than any other law enforcement agency on […]
Phil AmmannMay 6, 20155min507
Tampa police arrest more black men and women than any other racial group, according to new numbers obtained by WTSP-TV. This statistical disparity comes ahead of an upcoming U.S. Justice Department review of the Tampa Police Department procedures on vehicle and bicycle code enforcement. While recent census estimates show 26 percent of Tampa’s population is […]
Guest AuthorJanuary 15, 2014
6min163
As is usually the case in these incidents, the fatal shooting of a man at a movie theater in suburban Tampa this week involved way too many “shouldn’t haves.” Press reports based on police statements and witness interviews sketch the following scenario. Chad Oulson and his wife were sitting in a row in front of […]