The training program was 35 weeks long and in order to take the state certification test, the trainees had to meet the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) requirements. The CTA class was 20 weeks long and was comprised of 25 trainees who had attended another outside training academ...
In recent years, troopers were some of the lowest paid officers in law enforcement, but last March that changed with new legislation. Troopers now start out at $50,000 a year and in critical need areas like Hillsborough, Manatee and Sarasota counties, pay starts at $55,000. MORE:Unlo...
In Miami Beach, Florida, law enforcement officers from at least four other agencies, along with SWAT teams, were called on to help contain the raucous crowds after days of partying. SPRING BREAK BOOM BOOSTS BUSINESS OWNERS' HOPES: 'NOTICEABLY BUSY' Miami Beach officials warned Sunday that the ...
Texas was the state with the highest number of registered weapons in the United States in 2021, with 1,006,555 firearms.
Late in the afternoon of Saturday, July 21, 1934, the madam of a brothel in Gary, Indiana, contacted one of the police officers with information. The woman, who called herself Anna Sage but was actually Ana Cumpanas, had entered the United States from her native Romania in 1914. Because...
death,” Frank Luntz, an influential GOP pollster and strategist, warned the Republican Governors Association at its Florida meeting in December 2011, a few months after the emergence of the Occupy Wall Street movement. “They’re having an impact on what the American people...
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A surfer walks on the beach in front of the pier on April 30, in Huntington Beach, California. Michael Heiman/Getty Images The California Police Chiefs Association apologized Thursday after a memo sent to top law enforcement officers across the state incorrectly claimed California Gov. Gavin Ne...