911 video calling catches car thief, protects Flagler County deputies
Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly revealed "Prepared Live," a software that 911 dispatchers use to access callers' cell phone cameras, has been utilized by Flagler County dispatchers 149 times since the Sheriff's Office purchased it in February 2023.
Oviedo city council to consider scaled-down plans for new police headquarters
Six months after voters resoundingly rejected Oviedo’s request to tear down the city’s 3-decade-old police department headquarters and rebuild it almost quadruple the size for $47 million, the city is revealing Plan B – and five other smaller, less-expensive options.
Flagler sheriff’s office visits all felons, not just sex offenders
When convicted felons are released from state prison, they must provide the Florida Department of Corrections with an address where they intend to live and then must register with the sheriff's office in that county. But that's it. In Flagler County however, Sheriff Rick Staly goes beyond that requirement.
Protecting and mentoring: What school resource officers do in elementary schools
When the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Safety Act required armed officers or guardians in every Florida school starting in 2018, that created an opportunity for the Clermont Police Department: to add officers to all elementary schools since the Lake County Sheriff's Office was already in middle and high schools.
Cocoa Beach detectives stop serial scammer stealing from elderly
It was an incredible stroke of luck combined with solid detective work that stopped a serial scammer responsible for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars, maybe millions, from the elderly across Central Florida, according to police.
Year later, Volusia County juvenile center sees increase, not decrease
It's been just over a year since Volusia County's answer to the growing juvenile crime problem first opened: an all-encompassing Juvenile Detention Center in Daytona Beach, officially named the Family Resource Center by Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood.
Own a gun? Here’s what you can be charged with in Florida if a child accesses it
The 11-year-old accused of taking a loaded gun from his mother's car and shooting two 13-year-olds at an Apopka Pop Warner game is now at least the third time in Central Florida over the past several months where a child has gotten access to a gun and fired it.
5 years later, Clermont neighborhood safer after neighbors, stewards took ownership
It was an incredible story of success five years ago: A Clermont community easily considered one of the most dangerous places in Central Florida with regular robberies, attacks, and murders becoming a safe haven for seniors and families.