When Chief Tony Jones became head of the Gainesville Police Department in 2009, one of his goals was to decrease crime in the city by 5 percent.
These days, the talk is all about prevention.
Newly released documents from the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office detail the events leading up to the murder of UF student Saleha Huuda and the arrests of Antonio Drayton and Cassandra Kimbrough.
Police arrested two Gainesville residents Wednesday in connection with the murder of 21-year-old Saleha Huuda.
Gainesville Police Department may be eliminated and put under the control of the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office. Mayor Craig Lowe and the Gainesville Commission want to keep GPD and are asking citizens to help save it.
The UF Police Department has been named as one of six institutions that will serve as a national mentor to other police organizations in responding to mental health situations.
We usually think of mentors as people whose examples we’d follow to succeed.
The UF Police Department’s national accreditation is being re-evaluated, and students, faculty and citizens had the chance to put in their two cents Monday afternoon at a public forum held at the UPD administration building on Museum Road.
The UF Jewish community reassembled the large menorah in the Hillel garden in an effort to stand against hate.
GPD caught five students skipping class during the first truancy detail of the school year Thursday.
Tonight, University Police will be on patrol making sure students on bicycles are able to see and be seen.
UF Police Department officials are concerned about students’ ignorance of bike safety laws in a county that ranks as the second most dangerous in Florida.
A Gainesville man was arrested last Wednesday in connection with a robbery Nov. 5 during which police say he struck the victim several times on the face.
The suspect in the recent double-homicide of two local residents was shot and arrested by police Saturday.
University Police are investigating a report of indecent exposure at Diamond Village that occurred Wednesday night.
Gainesville Police caught a man late Monday night who had escaped while being transported to the Alachua County Jail early Sunday morning.
A two-door Honda didn't yield at a stop sign before turning on to Southwest Second Avenue, causing a woman to fall off her motor scooter.
Game day has usually been a mixed bag for university law enforcement – the thrill of Gator football mixes with the responsibility of keeping campus safe and clear of trouble.
At about 12:30 p.m., witnesses said they saw a man wandering around the Marston Science Library waiting for people to get up and leave their things.
A man was charged with battery this weekend for striking a homeless man outside Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
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