County officials on Tuesday voted unanimously in favor of awarding additional funding to the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office. This was made in response to Sheriff Clovis Watson Jr.’s request for budget appropriations, which would be used to support his employees in the inflation-impacted economy. Despite the unanimous vote, there was …
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The Alachua County Sheriff's Office saw low attendance at its annual "Coffee With a Cop” event.
Read More »The package of bills is designed to stabilize policy premiums and protect against another tragedy like Surfside.
Read More »There's no uniform statewide standard for governing how the homes are built and maintained.
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A Gainesville police corporal who was arrested by his own department on suspicion of drunken driving has been stripped of his police powers.
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Now, after more than two decades, it is run strictly by the sheriff’s office and is known as the Sheriff's Office Aviation Unit.
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Newberry’s planning and zoning board will decide Wednesday whether to approve Sister Hazel’s bid for a drive-in concert on the site of an abandoned mine in the city on Oct. 23.
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The system could have helped with contact tracing, county officials believed.
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There’s been growing curiosity in Florida on an evolving question of the coronavirus response: How will law enforcement enforce stay-at-home orders? Fort Lauderdale announced Friday that residents may face legal action or fines for violating the city’s stay-at-home order. Broward and Miami-Dade County issued similar orders, in suit. North Central …
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The city of Waldo has seen a rise in burglaries since the disbanding of its police department in 2014. City officials are working to hire off-duty Alachua County Sheriff's deputies to increase patrols in the area.
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