Evander Collier News Today

The Cocoa Police Department will host a Chief’s Watch meeting for the residents in District 2 on Monday, August 28, 2023 at 6 p.m. at the Florida National Guard Armory, located at 308 N. Fiske Blvd.

The Chiefs Watch program features monthly meetings and police-citizen liaisons.

Cocoas 32nd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day festivities kicked off with a peace march that started at Provost Park and ended at Riverfront Park.

Deputies in Brevard arrested a Cocoa police officer after he threatened to harm himself and another officer inside his home.

A woman, who was the police officers fiancée, called the sheriffs office and told them that he threatened her with a firearm and was "experiencing an emotional crisis."

Police say Copper has years of service left, but many say taking the dog from Hattaway amounts to retaliation by Chief Collier for dissent in the agency.

A man has been taken to the hospital after a police-involved shooting at an apartment complex Thursday afternoon in Cocoa, according to Cocoa Police Department.

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Chief Evander Collier IV faced public backlash as well as support in a recent meeting of the Cocoa City Council after a no-confidence vote by the union.

Cocoa Police Chief Evander Collier focuses on path to 21st century policing.