In hiring a police leader to bring together a disparate and understaffed campus emergency team, the University of South Florida looked to a veteran chief from Michigan who has organized everything from community policing to riot response. ...more

January 15, 2008

Philip Agee, 72, a former undercover officer with the Central Intelligence Agency whose disillusionment with American policy in support of dictatorial regimes prompted him to name names and reveal CIA secrets, died Monday in Havana. ...more

January 10, 2008

When a Pinellas County sheriff's deputy happened on a Mercury in the middle of State Road 580 on Monday, the flashing lights on the dashboard and beneath the rear bumper made him think it belonged to an undercover officer. ...more

December 11, 2007

TAMPA - Two men tried to buy half a kilogram of cocaine from an undercover Tampa police officer for $11,500 on Tuesday, Tampa police say. ...more

December 5, 2007

Jurors deliberated for about two hours Thursday before finding a Pasco County man guilty of trying to arrange a hit on his ex-wife's boyfriend. ...more

November 16, 2007

A 15-year-old suspect with a long rap sheet who was charged in Tuesday's violent crime spree should not have been on the streets, Plant City police officials contend. ...more

November 9, 2007

TAMPA - Police arrested a Tampa man last night after a search of his home turned up crack cocaine, marijuana and LSD, according to an arrest report. Larry "Peanut" Johnson, 31, of 3288 Himes Ave. S., faces nine charges, including possession and sale of cocaine. He remained at Orient Road Jail today with bail set at $37,000. ...more

October 23, 2007

CLEARWATER - The undercover vice and narcotics detective went into the duplex alone, thinking he was about to buy $1,200 worth of drugs from a suspect inside. ...more

September 19, 2007