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The city praises Rufus Lewis as a civil rights champion. But he says it is failing to address an injustice that has left him scraping by. Rufus Lewis, one of the Fearless Four Black Tampa Police ...
TAMPA, Fla. — Interim Tampa Police Chief Lee Bercaw has been named as the city’s new chief. During a news conference Friday morning, Tampa Mayor Jane Castor announced the city was forgoing a ...
Tampa's Police Department is set to receive the first batch of electric patrol vehicles, with a $1 million federal grant secured by U.S. Representative Kathy Castor. The city will purchase up to ...
On top of a $96,000 pension, a unanimous city council vote on Thursday approved a three-year contract for Tampa Police Chief Lee Bercaw, who will receive an annual salary of $241,000 to remain in ...
TAMPA, Fla. — Ybor City has seen its fair share of crime and in return, it’s up to the Tampa Police Department to enforce safety. Since the Halloween weekend shooting that killed two people ...
The shooting started after a dispute between two groups broke out as hundreds of people were filing out of the bars and nightclubs in Tampa’s Ybor City neighborhood, just before 3 a.m. A 14-year ...
O’Connor started the job at the Tampa Police Department (TPD) before she was confirmed by the council. The Tampa city charter allows it but several council members are calling for change.
TAMPA - City of Tampa stormwater officials updated the City Council on hurricane preparations Thursday. In a two-and-a-half-hour discussion, Tampa mobility director Vik Bhide walked council members ...
As the upcoming election approaches in the City of Tampa, candidates have received a 28 question survey from the Tampa Police Benevolent Association. “I filled out the questionnaire. I returned ...
He has experience in nearly all realms of police work. “Tampa may be larger than us,” Reed said of Reading, “but we’re the fourth largest city in the state. We have the same kind of urban ...