A retired Orlando police officer who was shot and killed on New Year’s Day was shot by his father-in-law, according to an affidavit.
A major argument for legalizing the adult use of cannabis after 75 years of prohibition was to stop the harm caused by disproportionate enforcement of drug laws in Black, Latino and other minority communities.
There's a continued push to raise the minimum arrest age, nearly four years after a 6-year-old was detained for throwing a temper tantrum.
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Many in Central Florida are reacting to the news of Gov. Ron DeSantis signing a police accountability bill into Florida law.
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A key committee in the Florida House moved a police training bill forward Thursday which includes a provision preventing the arrest of children 7 and younger.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – An Orlando police sergeant admitted that he couldn’t remember department policy when it came to arresting juveniles last September when a 6-year-old girl was arrested. That sergeant never told the transporting officer not to proceed with the arrest, records show. As a result of failing to follow department procedure, the sergeant was ordered to serve an eight-hour suspension, which he did by forfeiting personal time he had accrued. The transporting officer was not disciplined. After Kaia’s arrest, Orlando police changed policy to require approval to be obtained by a deputy chief before arresting a juvenile younger than 12.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Body camera recorded by an Orlando school resource officer shows a distraught, sobbing 6-year-old girl being restrained with zip ties and pleading with the officer as she’s led to a patrol car outside her school. The arresting officer, Dennis Turner, was later fired by the Orlando Police Department following the September arrest of the student. The 6-year-old was arrested after school staff said she had a temper tantrum at school. Body camera video shows school staff questioning the arrest of Kaia and obviously concerned for her wellbeing. The video starts as the school resource officer walks into an office along with the OPD transport officer, where a school staff member is reading a book to the girl.
