Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Gerald Bailey

Gov. Rick Scott has rejected a request from Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater to consider a search for a new head of the Florida Department of Law…

Two of Governor Rick Scott’s new agency leaders earned cabinet-level approval Tuesday, but Scott still isn’t saying why he let go of one his…

In the coming months, there will be some major shifts in the way statewide crime lab currently operate. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is…

Procedural changes are in store for Florida’s criminal justice system. State lawmakers must address the escapes of several felons who used forged court…

New details about the October escapes of two inmates locked up at a Franklin County prison suggest investigators are dealing with an organized criminal…

A week after two Florida convicts were recaptured after escaping using bogus release documents, authorities still are unsure exactly how or with whom the…

Recent findings by the University of South Florida show there is nearly double the amount of graves found in the now-closed Dozier School for Boys than…

The overall number of drug-related deaths in Florida is on the rise. Meanwhile, the state is seeing a drop in the number of prescription drug related…

Florida’s overall crime rate has hit a 41-year low. Regan McCarthy reports the state’s total number of crimes for 2011 is down by a tenth of a percent,…