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Fort Myers Police Department in Fort Myers, Florida. This is a list of Law Enforcement Agencies in the state of Florida.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2018 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 373 law enforcement agencies employing 47,177 sworn police officers, about 222 for each 100,000 residents.
Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) is the primary law enforcement agency for Hillsborough County, Florida, and is responsible for law enforcement services for the 888 square miles (2,300 km 2) of unincorporated areas of the county as well as operation of the two jail facilities and provides courthouse security for the 13th Judicial Circuit.
In 1967, the Florida Legislature merged the duties and responsibilities of several state criminal justice organizations to create the Bureau of Law Enforcement. Bringing together the resources of the Florida Sheriffs Bureau, the State Narcotics Bureau, and the law enforcement activities of the Anti-Bookie Squad of the Florida Attorney General's Office, the original Bureau of Law Enforcement ...
The city and the OCSO settled with the hostage's family for $3.9 million dollars, with OCSO paying $1.9 million. [2] [3] In 2004, state senator Gary Siplin stated that the OCSO routinely used deadly force against unarmed African Americans. [4] Together with the Orlando Police Department, the OCSO responded to the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting ...
On June 24, 2018, a controlled fire [7] struck the town of Eastpoint and burned about 1,000 acres in 24 hours. 36 families lost their homes and cleanup has since begun. . Families were displaced to the Eastpoint Church of God where the Red Cross took in more than 175 p
Per the State of Florida Constitution, the Sheriff is the chief law enforcement officer of the county's incorporated and unincorporated areas. The current Sheriff is Marcos R. Lopez, the 20th sheriff of the county and the first Hispanic to serve as a Sheriff.
In 2020 the Tampa Bay Times reported on the PSO's predictive policing program, accusing it of monitoring and harassing families in the county, and reporting that at least one in ten people targeted by the program were underaged. A former deputy described the program as "mak[ing the targets] lives miserable until they move or sue."
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office (SRSO) is the primary law enforcement agency of Santa Rosa County, Florida.Both the cities of Gulf Breeze and Milton operates their own LEOs (law enforcement organization); however, the sheriff's office operates the majority of law enforcement operations within Milton.