/tags/police police en-US WLRN Fri, 30 Aug 2024 21:31:36 GMT /law-justice/2024-08-30/miami-police-civilian-investigative-panel Miami's Civilian Investigative Panel has sued the city after officials announced they'd be defunding the independent police watchdog group. The panel believes it can remain in existence, despite a state law aimed at police oversight. Fri, 30 Aug 2024 21:31:36 GMT /law-justice/2024-08-30/miami-police-civilian-investigative-panel Joshua Ceballos /law-justice/2024-08-28/police-civilian-investigative-panel-cip-end City of Miami voters in 2001 showed outsized support for an independent civilian panel to investigate police misconduct. But the City will soon dissolve the Civilian Investigative Panel to comply with a contentious new state law that bans such police watchdog groups. Wed, 28 Aug 2024 15:41:48 GMT /law-justice/2024-08-28/police-civilian-investigative-panel-cip-end Joshua Ceballos /law-justice/2024-06-04/federal-class-action-lawsuit-fort-lauderdale-police Victims of police misconduct are filing a class action lawsuit after they were subjected to rubber bullets and tear gas without warning during a 2020 protest following George Floyd's murder in Minneapolis. Tue, 04 Jun 2024 15:52:42 GMT /law-justice/2024-06-04/federal-class-action-lawsuit-fort-lauderdale-police Elise Catrion Gregg /law-justice/2024-05-09/florida-deputies-who-fatally-shot-us-airman-burst-into-wrong-apartment-attorney-says A civil rights attorney says deputies responding to a disturbance call at a Florida apartment complex burst into the wrong unit and fatally shot a Black U.S. Air Force airman. Fortson died after the shooting at his off-base residence in Fort Walton Beach. Thu, 09 May 2024 19:27:21 GMT /law-justice/2024-05-09/florida-deputies-who-fatally-shot-us-airman-burst-into-wrong-apartment-attorney-says David Fischer | Associated Press /law-justice/2023-12-01/florida-supreme-court-marsys-law-police-officers A 2018 constitutional amendment designed to bolster victims' rights "does not explicitly" shield the identities of police officers — or any other people — from disclosure, the Florida Supreme Court ruled in a major decision on Thursday. Fri, 01 Dec 2023 14:02:17 GMT /law-justice/2023-12-01/florida-supreme-court-marsys-law-police-officers Dara Kam | News Service Florida /law-justice/2023-11-01/crime-is-down-in-brickell-but-some-area-residents-want-more-police A recent shooting outside a Brickell nightclub marked the third gun incident in the area in three months. Some residents say they want more cops in the neighborhood, but police say overall crime in Brickell is actually down. Wed, 01 Nov 2023 10:00:00 GMT /law-justice/2023-11-01/crime-is-down-in-brickell-but-some-area-residents-want-more-police Joshua Ceballos /law-justice/2023-08-18/north-miami-haitian-woman-police-chief Cherise Gause becomes North Miami's first Haitian-American female police chief, hoping to be a "role model" for young women of all colors. Fri, 18 Aug 2023 21:29:17 GMT /law-justice/2023-08-18/north-miami-haitian-woman-police-chief Joshua Ceballos /podcast/the-south-florida-roundup/2023-07-28/a-police-tragedy-black-history-in-education-and-the-real-jose-marti This week on the South Florida Roundup, we discussed the tragedy of Miami-Dade’s police director and the triumph of Miami Beach’s new police chief (12:41), the challenges of teaching Black history in Florida (18:50) and a play that shows who was the real José Martí (36:18). Fri, 28 Jul 2023 21:18:46 GMT /podcast/the-south-florida-roundup/2023-07-28/a-police-tragedy-black-history-in-education-and-the-real-jose-marti /government-politics/2023-06-09/florida-cities-drop-lawsuit-against-the-states-police-budget-law Six cities are dropping a constitutional challenge to a 2021 Florida law aimed at shielding police departments from budget cuts, after SB 1595 was revamped this spring. Fri, 09 Jun 2023 15:11:12 GMT /government-politics/2023-06-09/florida-cities-drop-lawsuit-against-the-states-police-budget-law Dara Kam - News Service of Florida /news/2023-01-27/ex-florida-police-officers-accused-of-beating-homeless-man Two former South Florida police officers turned themselves in to face felony charges over the beating of a homeless man who had been drinking outside a shopping center last month. Fri, 27 Jan 2023 14:00:00 GMT /news/2023-01-27/ex-florida-police-officers-accused-of-beating-homeless-man AP