Law Enforcement

The school district may have to close a number of campuses and merge others. District officials have difficult choices confronting them amid concerns for students, staff and teachers.

On “The Florida Roundup,” Franklin County Sheriff AJ “Tony” Smith said he wanted to get rid of the ALPRs due to citizen concerns. When told only the company can remove them, he took matters into his own hands.

As our staff focuses on WUSF’s annual fall pledge drive this week, “Florida Matters Live & Local” is presenting some of our favorite interviews from the past few months.

There is talk from several of the law enforcement agencies pausing their use for the Florida legislature and other groups to enact regulations before bringing the surveillance technology back into use.

The backlash is growing against Flock automatic license plate readers. Our panel of experts expresses concerns about the technology.

State and local police have been collecting information about people they suspect of being in the country without legal documentation – and filing it in a database.

Officers uncovered 46 children in the Tampa Bay region, 41 in Miami, 32 in Jacksonville, and 3 in Tallahassee.

The company will make what were once optional guardrails mandatory. Among them: Law enforcement customers will have to implement an audit tool intended to flag abnormal search behavior.

What in the heck is a Flock camera? Depending on whom you ask, it’s a crime-fighting tool or a symbol of creepy surveillance. Meet the “Flock Blocker,” who believes the latter and protests against them.

The police department recently announced its Approach With Care Autism Awareness Initiative. It includes additional training for officers and free vehicle decals.

When should police pursue a fleeing vehicle? When should they call it off? We talk to an expert in law enforcement training after the recent death of a teen during a high-speed chase.

On "Florida Matters Live & Local," learn how a Fort Myers man was jailed after an AI tool used by police misidentified him as a culprit in a crime he did not commit. Now, he's suing.