Tallahassee Police Department

The Tallahassee Police Department is making a small change in a policy involving use of force.

The Tallahassee Police Department has issued a warrant for 26-year-old Raphael Acres. Acres is being charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and resisting arrest without violence, after he escaped a barricaded apartment Friday morning.

A Tallahassee police officer is on leave after a bystander video shows the officer picking up a man and appearing to slam him on the ground. The department has released body camera footage of the incident and announced it's now investigating.

A recent case out of Boynton Beach is calling new attention to Marsy’s Law, Florida’s 2018 law designed to boost and protect crime victims’ rights. It comes as the state supreme court prepares to hear a Marsy's Law case involving Tallahassee police.

One of the three arresting officers allegedly beat DUI suspect Jacquez Kirkland with a baton while the man lay on the ground.

The Tallahassee Police Department is working three separate shooting incidents in the city since Friday night. All ended in four adult males having non-life threating injuries.

The City of Tallahassee will spend $450,000 to update the Tallahassee Police Department’s service weapons.

A main objective of the audit will be to evaluate if TPD’s use of force policy “is consistent with modern policing standards and best practices.”

The Florida Police Chiefs Association recently released new guidelines in the wake of George Floyd's death. Its recommendations include banning chokeholds with exceptions and de-escalation before using force.

The first shooting occurred on Aug. 14th on Holmes Street. The second shooting happened Aug. 28 on Joe Louis Street.