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Flagler County jail program helps inmates dealing with addiction, mental health issues

After receiving a federal grant for almost $600,000, the Flagler County sheriff converted two sections of the jail to begin helping inmates with their addiction - if they agree to take the help.

Hard of hearing? Make it clear on your Florida driver’s license

The driver's license designation helps avoid miscommunication with law enforcement.

Central Florida agencies work with FBI to help fend off child predators

Every day, a group of local detectives go to work with the FBI at the FBI offices in Maitland to tackle the growing problem.

Volusia County sheriff set to open new Juvenile Assessment Center for teens in trouble

Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood’s answer to fixing a major problem in his county—taking care of teens in trouble and keeping them off a path to prison—is a long-needed Juvenile Assessment Center.

How do Seminole County deputies handle troublemakers in school? Juvenile intervention officers

Every week, John Girard and his fellow intervention officers (who are civilians, not deputies) meet with six Markham Woods students that the school identified as high-risk for dropping out or getting kicked out.

Detective: UCF voyeur arrested after recording women in bathroom would ‘still be doing it’ at colleges across the country

Detectives at colleges across the country are building their cases against a 24-year-old accused of recording women in bathrooms stalls at several different schools, thanks to the University of Central Florida Police Department.

App helps rescue crews find missing hikers, bikers faster in Seminole County

The Seminole County Fire Department is speeding up response times deep in the woods.

As first responder suicides rise, Florida task force calls for changes in training, help availability

The number of first responders committing suicide continues to rise, according to leaders of the first comprehensive statewide task force representing firefighters, EMS, law enforcement, corrections, training and behavioral health services across Florida.

Flagler County Sheriff’s Office hiring ride-along counselors specifically for youth

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office has received $1.2 million of federal grant money to hire two counselors for the next four years specifically for young people 25 and under.

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Sanford Police Department sponsors cadets to get better officers amid shortage

In a climate where fewer people are choosing to become police applicants, hiring is difficult.

Celebrating Women’s History Month: Marion County pastor hired as Ocala police’s 1st Black female officer in 1969

Pastor Alice Mae Faison became the department’s first Black female police officer at a time of discrimination and divide in this country.

Police chief, sheriff discuss changes after Trayvon Martin and George Floyd cases

In the decade since Trayvon Martin was killed in Sanford, and especially in the last couple of years since George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis, policing has rapidly evolved — perhaps the most ever in a short amount of time.

Protect and ‘serve:’ Ocala police buy ice cream truck

When a retired Marion County principal suggested the idea of purchasing an ice cream truck for community outreach, the Ocala police chief loved it.

Daytona Beach police among first agencies to use livestreaming body cameras

The Daytona Beach Police Department is among the first law enforcement agencies in Florida to have live-streaming-capable body-worn cameras.

A race against the clock: Orlando overdose detectives get time back

Since the Orlando Police Department's Overdose Unit was created a little more than a year ago, it has made almost a hundred arrests of drug dealers who've sold deadly and potentially deadly doses of opioids.

Ocala apartment complex houses homeless women with children entirely free

Project Hope was founded in Ocala more than a decade ago specifically for homeless women with children because there was nowhere for those women to turn.

Sanford police officers now have ‘compassion cards’ to pay for basic needs of people they encounter

A Central Florida police department is putting its money where its mouth is.

Orlando police school resource officers had zero use of force incidents on students in 2021

2021 was one of the most successful years ever for Orlando Police Department school resource officers.

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Surprise donation helps Orlando police hand out gift cards to drivers

Officers can now continue handing out auto repair gift cards instead of tickets.

When do officers learn to use their body cameras? Usually it’s trial by fire

One Central Florida police academy begins body camera training.

Orlando police officers use discretion, compassion handing out gift cards

When Corporal Lee Sahs pulled over a young man for a broken brake light, the young man immediately got out of the car.

New signs at UCF parking garage help remind students in crisis there is help

When University of Central Florida police get a call from a suicidal student, it’s often from the same place: the top of a UCF parking garage.

Autism sticker can change outcome of deputy interaction

All new Orange County Sheriff’s deputies undergo an intense, day-long autism awareness training program that includes conversations with those with autism.

Volusia County sheriff creates his own police academy to get the ‘best’ deputies

Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood was searching for a way to find better recruits and make better cops so he created the first police academy in Central Florida to be entirely run by a local sheriff’s office.

Osceola County sheriff uses social media to connect with growing Hispanic community

For Osceola County's first Hispanic Sheriff Marcos Lopez, it's important for him to speak to his county the way a large and growing portion speaks to him -- in Spanish.

Lake Mary police partnership keeps mentally ill out of ERs, away from police confrontations

Baker-Acting is not always the most effective treatment for someone in a mental health crisis, and an Emergency Room is also not the most effective treatment location.

Bethune students guaranteed positions at Florida’s Department of Juvenile Justice

Students at Bethune Cookman University in Daytona Beach headed back to class with a new opportunity: A chance to get results for Central Florida's troubled teens.

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Sheriff’s office pulls resource officers, replaces them with guardians at Osceola charter schools

Osceola County is taking SROs out of charter schools and replacing them with guardians, certified security guards trained by the sheriff’s office.

DNA machine promises to catch killers, identify bodies, assist rape victims

News 6 reporter Erik von Ancken shows how agencies get results in Central Florida.

Weekly meeting leads to drop in Flagler County crime rate - here’s how

Sheriff Staly says meetings aren’t all talk.

Daytona Beach police still committed to community after officer shot in head

News 6 reported on Daytona Beach Police Chief Jakari Young's efforts to “change the narrative” when he first took over at the end of 2020 and had to combat a rash of shooting violence.

Can tracking officers’ data lead to better policing? This sergeant turned software developer thinks it can

Bryan Selzer, a retired Jacksonville Sheriff’s sergeant, believes that tracking an officer’s actions and complaints is the answer to better policing.

Tourist Policing Unit polices neighborhoods, not tourist areas

The Tourist Policing Unit at the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office is dedicated to protecting the most precious piece of Central Florida’s economy: tourism, as the eponymous name implies.

UCF police recruits visit Black history museum for training

As part of field training at the University of Central Florida Police Department, all recruits are now required to visit the Wells’ Built Museum of African American History and Culture.

Sumter sheriff’s office gives families with disabilities special ID cards, trackers

The SAFE ID card and the DREAM tracker are for anyone in Sumter County with any sort of disability or ailment.

UCF upgrades door locks to lock down at push of a button

The new system allows system managers to immediately revoke keycard access to anyone who has left the campus or should no longer have access.

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‘It’s been a tough year:’ Lake Mary police chief focuses on mental health as officers nationwide face added stress

What most people saw last year in the protests and riots that swept across the country was a call for police reform — for officers, everywhere, to get it right.

As cyberattacks on businesses increase, UCF students learn to stop them

UCF Computer Science Professor Dr. Yan Solihin said the frequency and scale of cyber attacks are increasing at an alarming rate.

Overdoses in Volusia County drop after hospitals partner with treatment counselors

So far, in 2021, 581 people have overdosed and 81 have died, a 20% reduction compared to last year's pace.

New law hasn’t stopped texting and driving, so Flagler Sheriff is trying - with tickets

In 2020, Flagler County’s crashes dropped. But crashes with injuries and fatalities more than doubled.

New counselor-deputy team called out almost 1,500 times since January

In January, mental health counselors from Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health hit the road with Orange County deputies.

Electronics-sniffing K-9 saving children from child abuse

K-9s, it turns out, are just as effective in locating hidden cell phones, memory cards, or hard drives.

When police in Lake Mary respond to a home with special needs, now they will know

When a family with an autistic adult son moved into the city of Lake Mary, officers had no idea -- until they were called to the home by 911 dispatchers.

Here’s how Orlando police recruits’ meetings are better preparing them for duty

As part of his field training, Orlando police recruit Officer Wakens Leonard was required to meet virtually with the people he will serve in his community before serving them.

Here’s why an Ocala officer didn’t shoot a man who pointed a gun at him

When Ocala Police officer Jordan Decker was confronted with a gun in his face at a front door last month, the officer chose not to draw his weapon but instead go hand-to-hand.

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‘We’re here for them:’ How school resource deputies help the students they serve

FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. – Flagler County Deputy Sheriff Sierra Held has only been a school resource deputy since last summer, but she already knows she doesn’t want to do anything else. “I was ready to leave law enforcement and ready to be done to start a new career,” Held said. I love it so much.”Held said her first challenge in school is teaching her students what to call her. Staly said the teaching and mentoring is important but the priority is building trust between the students and law enforcement. Every morning, the boy finds Held at the school to give her a hug and a thank you.

Crime epidemic centered around 6 Daytona Beach mini motels

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The police department calls for service log at Daytona Beach’s Sun Plaza Motel on U.S. 1 for the past three years is 17 pages long. [TRENDING: ‘Manatee graveyard in Fla. | 6 major announcements from Disney | Fla. woman charged in US Capitol attack]Capt. Police said they even arrested the owner of Sun Plaza -- twice now -- because he was allowing the crime to occur. “We were looking at a crime data compared to where we were getting complaints and we were starting to see these pockets of problems,” Lee said. “The whole idea was we want to take a group of our officers and we wanted to focus on community problems, problems that existed in the city,” Lee said.

No more neck restraints: Daytona State College teaches evolving defensive tactics training

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – When Florida implemented a sweeping overhaul of statewide police training last year, all Defensive Tactics instructors at Daytona State College’s School of Emergency Services had to learn the changes in a 24-hour-long update class. “When someone is on the ground, you either have to control their head, pin their head to the ground, or pin their hips to the ground, to keep them on the ground,” Walker said. AdMany of the recruits and trainees that come to Daytona State College will end up at police departments and sheriff’s offices across Central Florida. Daytona State offers an entire law enforcement academy, Defensive Tactics training being one of the courses. All instructors must complete around 80 hours of training and Defensive Tactics instructors have to undergo an additional 80 hours of training.

How microscopic evidence from plants can help investigators solve rapes, murders

ORLANDO, Fla. – The first time most Floridians heard about forensic botany was during the Casey Anthony murder trial in 2011. Hardy said he knows of at least 60 cases where forensic botany has been applied. “Forensic botany is the application of plant evidence to legal matters,” Hardy said. AdAnd researchers are investigating if forensic botany can help locate a body in the woods faster by looking for differentiation in treetops. Hardy said forensic botany is an ideal investigative tool because it’s always unbiased.

Orlando police officers become problem solvers as they address complaints, concerns

Jonathan Bigelow oversees OPD’s Special Enforcement Division. “They have nothing to focus on but the assignments we give them and the complaints that come down,” Bigelow said. “TWO FOR TWO: The Special Enforcement Division heard from citizens concerned about drug activity in 2 areas near Millenia and Downtown. Last week, several citizen complaints about an apartment on Raleigh Street uncovered drugs, cash, a handgun, and ammunition, among other items,” read another. Last week, several citizen complaints about an apartment on Raleigh Street uncovered drugs, cash, a handgun, and ammunition, among other items.

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