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Pinellas County Sherriff Bob Gualtieri says the agency’s more than 800 deputies in the field will wear the cameras.
The Pinellas County Commission on Tuesday unanimously approved the program. More than $3.82 million was approved for the current fiscal year.
Pinellas County Commissioners have approved a plan to equip Sheriff’s deputies with body cameras.
The program is expected to cost nearly $25 million over the next six years, and will outfit approximately 875 deputies with cameras. The Pinellas County Sheriff s Office rolled out a pilot program in October with thirty deputies testing the body cameras.
Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri told commissioners at Tuesday s meeting that his office is still implementing a final policy when it comes to how the cameras will be used.
State attorney says deadly St. Petersburg officer-involved shooting was justifiable
Dominque Harris was shot and killed on Dec. 2 after he shot a St. Petersburg police officer, law enforcement said. Author: 10 Tampa Bay Updated: 7:49 PM EST January 25, 2021
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla The use of deadly force St. Petersburg officers used on Dec. 2 in St. Petersburg has been deemed justifiable homicide by the state attorney s office, the Pinellas County Sheriff s Office said.
Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri relayed the news in a report addressed to St. Pete Police Chief Anthony Holloway. The sheriff s office took over the investigation per the established Pinellas County Use of Deadly Force Investigative Task Force protocols put in place last year.
The Clearwater City Council voted to wait six months before considering moving last call for alcohol sales at beach bars from 3 a.m. to 1 a.m. The move is something police officials have asked for following a number of alcohol-related calls after midnight on Clearwater Beach.
Pops 2 Go manager, 35, sexually abused two girls, investigators say
Steven Homol faces charges in separate investigations conducted by the Pinellas County Sheriffâs Office and the St. Petersburg Police Department.
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Steven Homol, 35, faces charges of sexual battery through coercion by threats of violence, unlawful sexual activity with a minor, unlawful use of a two-way communication device and certain uses of computer services prohibited. The charges stem from separate investigations conducted by the Pinellas County Sheriff s Office and the St. Petersburg Police Department. [ Pinellas County Sheriff s Office ]
Published Jan. 23
LARGO â A 35-year-old man is accused of repeatedly sexually battering a girl over a 15-month period, deputies said, and threatening her if she told anyone.