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An Okeechobee police statement says the shooting happened late Monday night as police say two officers approached a man suffering from medical issues on the side of a road.

A former Florida police officer who accidentally shot and killed a woman during a citizens academy exercise will serve no prison time.

A former Florida police sergeant and his wife are accused of stealing more than $300,000 from his mother, who was later evicted from her assisted living facility for failure to pay.

A school resource officer was fired after arresting two 6-year-old students last week, Orlando police said Monday. Orlando Police Chief Orlando Rolón announced that school resource officer Dennis Turner was terminated as a result of arresting the two children without the approval of a commanding officer. An investigation is still underway into the incident, NBC News reported. NBC News

A Florida police officer is accused of possession and distribution of child pornography.

A Florida man has been hospitalized after being shot by police officers who were responding to a domestic dispute in northwest Miami-Dade.

Police say Ofc. Brian Livernois stopped a group of people by the side of a road in April because a 17-year-old boy matched the description of a person who had threatened to shoot someone.

Straining to stave off threatened U.S. tariffs, Mexican and American officials claimed progress in White House talks late Wednesday, but President Donald Trump declared it was “not nearly enough” to halt the import taxes he is holding out as a way to force Mexico to stanch the flow of illegal migrants at America’s southern border. Talks were to resume Thursday....

For the first time in nearly 30 years, a Florida police officer was sentenced to prison Thursday for an on-duty fatal shooting, receiving 25 years in a 2015 shooting.

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Sarasota Police say two teens, ages 16 and 15, were arrested for trying to rob another teen Tuesday when they accidentally fired a gun and wounded a third teen.

Attorneys for Robert Kraft are attacking the Florida police investigation that resulted in the New England Patriots owner being charged with paying for sex at a massage parlor.

Bradenton Police Chief Melanie Bevan announced the probe of former sergeant Leonel Marines to reassure victims that they can trust the police.

Prosecutors are expected to tell the four-man, two-woman jury that former Palm Beach Gardens police officer Nouman Raja’s actions made 31-year-old Corey Jones confuse him for a robber and pull his legally possessed handgun.

For the first time in 26 years, a Florida police officer is standing trial for an on-duty killing — and one of his defenses will be the state’s controversial “stand your ground” law.

To identify the burglary suspect who broke into a closed Florida police substation and ate an officer’s chicken dinner, detectives didn’t need to lift fingerprints or get DNA from the discarded meal.

It was a lucky day for some Florida police officers who recovered a stolen van filled with Krispy Kreme doughnuts.

A criminal case can move forward against a fired Florida police officer accused of unlawfully killing a stranded black motorist.

A Florida police officer is being credited with saving the life of a 14-month-old girl who was choking on a chicken nugget.