Police departments will be required to adopt policies to protect confidential informants under a bill signed into law by Florida Gov. Charlie Crist. ...more

May 7, 2009

Police departments would be required to adopt policies to protect confidential informants under a bill headed to the governor. ...more

April 30, 2009

A teenager said she had sex with a Tarpon Springs police officer she worked with while she was a student at Tarpon Springs High School, but she was 18 at the time and had already graduated, according to a criminal case file released this morning by the police department. ...more

February 18, 2009

A Tarpon Springs police corporal who is alleged to have had inappropriate contact with a 17-year-old girl will not be charged with a crime, Tarpon Springs police have confirmed. ...more

February 17, 2009

No criminal charges will be pressed against the deputy who fatally shot a Spring Hill man on Oct. 21. ...more

December 17, 2008

Tarpon Springs Police Department Lt. Barbara Templeton says it may take another month for detectives to finish their investigation of an officer suspended in November over allegations he had inappropriate contact with a 17-year-old high school student. ...more

December 1, 2008

Two Tarpon Springs police officers have been placed on administrative leave with pay for separate incidents, including one being investigated for possible improper contact with a high school student, Tarpon Springs police say. ...more

November 12, 2008

The Justice Department is considering letting the FBI investigate Americans without any evidence of wrongdoing, relying instead on a terrorist profile that could single out Muslims, Arabs or other racial and ethnic groups. ...more

July 3, 2008

A former Tampa police officer who failed to arrest a woman wanted by authorities must face a state commission to determine whether he will lose his law-enforcement certification, records show. ...more

June 17, 2008

TAMPA - A former Tampa police officer who failed to arrest a woman on outstanding warrants after she exposed herself to him now must face a state commission to determine whether he will lose his law-enforcement certification, records show. ...more

June 16, 2008