City of Gainesville is offering a $50,000 reward for information on those responsible for the death of Baird. The press release adds that there is a $10,000 reward for new information on the 27 unsolved deaths listed on GPD's webpage.
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The Gainesville Police Advisory Council discussed Wednesday the process of internal and external GPD investigations as well as when officers should turn on their body cameras. Advisory council member Keyon Young’s voice boomed into City Hall via Zoom as he demanded that Gainesville Police Department officers’ body cameras be on …
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The council’s second meeting is Wednesday.
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The memorial dedicated to Gainesville police officer Scott Baird was destroyed, but a week later, it's on its way back.
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The Gainesville Police Department is working on a program to keep individuals with minor misdemeanors away from the criminal justice system and decrease court cases.
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The Gainesville Police Advisory Council elected a new chair and vice chair Wednesday night while also expressing concerns about its power to influence policing.
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WUFT News fact checked some of the statements the city included in the address.
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Gainesville residents are once again concerned about pedestrian safety, after three separate traffic incidents took the lives of three University of Florida students within one year.
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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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Gainesville was not alone in experiencing hit-and-run fatalities in 2020.
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