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New law signed by DeSantis could dismantle Fort Lauderdale’s police oversight board
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 1 month agoFlorida cities were left scrambling earlier this month when Gov. Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 601,...
Border Patrol says migrants from Brazil, Bahamas and Haiti arrived in Fort Lauderdale
Miami Herald via AOL· 1 year agoThe U.S. Border Patrol says it apprehended 12 migrants of different nationalities after a yacht...
Former Broward sheriff Scott Israel resigns as Opa-locka police chief after a year
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOpa-locka Police Chief Scott Israel officially announced his resignation on Friday, just a year...
Miami-Dade Schools’ police chief picked to oversee Doral PD
Miami Herald via AOL· 1 year agoThe Doral City Council on Wednesday voted unanimously to hire Miami-Dade County Public Schools...
DeSantis signs controversial bill banning civilian boards from investigating police misconduct
South Florida Sun Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 months agoGov. Ron DeSantis signed a controversial bill Friday stripping citizen oversight boards of their power to investigate police misconduct. The bill, HB 601, instead allows local chiefs of police ...
Six years after Fort Lauderdale teen Sophie Reeder disappeared, family still searching
South Florida Sun Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSix years after Fort Lauderdale teenager Sophie Reeder disappeared into the night, her family still is waiting for that fateful phone call or knock on the door. At her waterfront home in the ...
George Floyd protesters say Fort Lauderdale violated 1st Amendment with violent crackdown
Palm Beach Post via Yahoo News· 1 week agoThe City of Fort Lauderdale is being sued by protesters who say police violated their First Amendment rights with a violent response to a 2020 rally days after the murder of George Floyd. The ...
Spring break in Miami Beach: Breaking up is hard to do
CNN via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMiami Beach may be breaking up with spring break, but spring break isn’t moving on just yet. It’s a...
Big group of Haitian migrants arrive on Virginia Key near Key Biscayne, Border Patrol says
Miami Herald via AOL· 1 year agoA group of up to 70 Haitians arrived Thursday afternoon in a migrant sailboat off Virginia Key, a...
DeSantis signs bill to defang police oversight panels like the one Miami voters created
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe director of Miami’s Civilian Investigative Panel said the agency is looking into how the new law...