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Jim RosicaDecember 5, 2016

A former officer with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is suing for his job back, saying he was fired in retaliation for blowing the whistle on wrongdoing. Travis Hooker filed suit last week in Leon County Circuit Civil Court under the state’s whistleblower law. The decorated combat Marine, who was stationed in Iraq, was a lieutenant in the FWC’s […]

Staff ReportsAugust 8, 2016

Congressman Vern Buchanan today called for passage of whistleblower protection legislation, saying the Veterans Affairs scandal might have remained hidden if not for employees exposing government fraud. “We should reward people who disclose government abuse, not punish them,” Buchanan said. “Whistleblowers have saved lives by exposing gross negligence and misconduct at veterans’ hospitals, airports and hospitals, among […]

Jim RosicaJanuary 8, 2016

A former officer with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission who says he was fired for reporting wrongdoing in the department is asking for his job back. Travis Hooker, who was a lieutenant in the FWC’s law enforcement division, filed a “petition for temporary reinstatement” this week while his state whistleblower’s case is pending, Leon County court records show. Hooker […]

Jim RosicaDecember 28, 2015

A group of whistleblowing investigators in the beleaguered Department of Corrections has lost an appeal to their challenge of being forced to sign “hush” agreements over wrongdoing they say they uncovered. A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal on Monday sided with a lower-court judge who had dismissed the investigators’ complaint. David Clark, […]

Florence SnyderMarch 4, 2015

If you don’t live in Miami Gardens, you probably think its police department is no concern of yours. Ira Glass thinks otherwise. The host of This American Life used his highly respected program to bring the Miami Herald’s reporting on the out-of-control police department to his international audience of public radio listeners. The tale was first told […]

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Jennifer Barbosa. Image via campaign website.

Ex-FWC officer sues for job back under ‘whistleblower’ law

Vern Buchanan calls for federal whistleblower protections

Fired FWC whistleblower seeks job back

State prisons investigators lose whistleblower appeal

Florence Snyder: Miami Gardens a police reign of terror in miniature