As Sarasota County grapples with a burgeoning jail population, debating a $700 million expansion, programs seek to curb ...

While the state leads the nation in executions, 100 Florida faith leaders call on DeSantis to pause what they call ...

The law bans unauthorized camping or sleeping on public property. Its effectiveness is unclear, and depends on who you ask.

Nearly 150 laws went into effect in Florida on July 1, including a wide variety of new crimes, harsher penalties, and changes ...

ICE raids among issues poised for votes at U.S. Conference of Mayors this weekend in Florida Also on the table are discussions on handling natural disasters, homelessness and public safety ...

Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) officials warn of a potential public safety crisis due to insufficient funding in the proposed state budget.

The Florida Public Radio Emergency Alert Network is introducing an AI-driven technology for transmitting government alerts and advisories via broadcast signals to its toolkit of public safety ...

Florida is in strong fiscal shape, but the budget battle is over how much to cut, not how to address chronic shortages of workers in vital areas.

On Wednesday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed three bills into law — one of which makes a big change to state emergency statutes.

Five Tenet Healthcare hospitals are suing a leading provider of hospital safety ratings in federal court, alleging that it “pressures hospitals to participate and pay or else suffer devastating ...

Investing in public safety must remain a top priority for Florida's lawmakers and those investments must start with ending the staffing crisis among our state troopers, and compensating these ...

DeSantis' Florida Boater Freedom Initiative bans FWC vessel safety inspections that uncover BUI, boat safety and fishing regulations violations.