University of South Florida police Chief Tom Longo was recently sworn in as president of the Tampa Bay Area Chiefs of Police Association, marking the first time a university law enforcement officer has held the post. ...more

January 13, 2009

Patricia Austin, president of the Avon Park chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), thanked Avon Park Police Chief Matt Doughney at Monday's meeting for his quick response to allegations of Hispanic residents being mistreated by two Avon Park police officers. ...more

January 11, 2009

The family of Rachel Hoffman, the 23-year-old who was fatally shot last spring while acting as a confidential police informant, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Tallahassee on Tuesday. ...more

December 31, 2008

Sorry, traffic scofflaws, the camera watching the southbound lanes of U.S. 19 at Ridge Road for red-light runners isn't taking a holiday break as the city switches to a new operating company. ...more

December 31, 2008

Cameras designed to catch red-light runners in the act will be put to use at the intersections where city officials figured they'd be needed most. ...more

December 30, 2008

Study of six junctions finds 93 violations in eight hours. ...more

December 29, 2008

A Brooksville man was arrested Sunday, accused of using a sex toy to make obscene gestures as women walked by in a store's parking lot ...more

December 28, 2008

Sorry, traffic scofflaws, the camera watching the southbound lanes of U.S.19 at Ridge Road for red light runners isn't taking a holiday break as the city switches to a new operating company. And if things go as hoped, more lanes and more intersections in the city will get red light camera coverage in 2009. ...more

December 27, 2008

At a special meeting Monday, Port Richey City Council is scheduled to appoint an interim city manager and start hunting for a permanent replacement for Richard Reade, City Clerk Shirley Dresch said. The council did not renew Reade's contract during a special meeting Dec. 15. His one-year contract expires Friday. ...more

December 20, 2008

A quarter-century ago, Adam Walsh's accused killer accompanied police to a bus bench outside a Sears where he claimed to have snatched the 6-year-old boy. Then, Ottis Toole went with authorities to a turnpike where he said Adam cried for his mother. Later, they stopped at a bridge where Toole said he hacked off the boy's head. ...more

December 20, 2008