The Tallahassee Police Department is currently conducting a homicide investigation following a shooting that occurred Monday morning in the 400 block of DuPont Road. When officers arrived on scene, they discovered an adult male with serious injuries. DuPont Road is located south of Orange Ave. and east of Wahnish Way. The male was transported […]
Two Florida Democratic leaders – Democrat party chair Nikki Fried and Senator Lauren Book – were arrested Monday with a group of protesters outside city hall. The group was advocating for abortion access due to the proposed six-week ban on abortion that was passed in the Senate earlier in the day. The arrests came after […]
On March 27th, the non-profit organization City Walk Urban Mission filed a complaint against the City of Tallahassee and the Tallahassee Fire Department’s Fire Marshal to prevent them from enforcing an order to vacate residents from the homeless shelter due to fire code violations. City Walk was first notified of the fire code violation in […]
On March 23rd, Sheriff McNeil gave a report to the Tallahassee City Commission on the Sheriff’s Council on the Status of Men and Boys (the Council). Previously, the City Commission reserved $140,000 from the Law Enforcement Trust Fund for the startup funding of the Council. The Council is an initiative by the Leon County Sheriff’s […]
On Wednesday, March 22, the Tallahassee City Commission voted 3-2 to approve the collective bargaining agreement with the Big Bend Chapter of the Florida Police Benevolent Association, Inc. (PBA). Mayor John Dailey, City Commissioner Curtis Richardson and City Commissioner Dianne Williams-Cox voted for approval, while Commissioner Jeremy Matlow and Commissioner Jack Porter voted against ratifying […]
Below are the news briefs from the Tallahassee City Commission meeting that took place on March 22, 2023. The Commission approved acceptance of $572,052 in grant funds from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection Resilient Florida Grant Funding for the Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency Orange/Meridian Placemaking Project.___The Commission accepted the City of Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency’s […]
Tallahassee elected officials will consider approval of the collective bargaining agreement with the Big Bend Chapter of the Florida Police Benevolent Association, Inc. (PBA) at the next Tallahassee City Commission meeting on March 22. The agenda item notes that the City of Tallahassee and the PBA have reached an agreement on contracts for the Police […]
The Tallahassee City Commission is now accepting applications from those interested in serving on the Citizens Police Review Board (CPRB). To apply, visit Talgov.com/transparency/boards and complete the online form. Applications must be received by April 15. To be considered for the at-large seats, a letter of nomination from a community-based civic and/or social service organization must be included. […]
On Monday, March 13th, the Federal District Court granted the City of Tallahassee’s motion to dismiss a complaint filed by Taylor Biro. Biro filed the complaint after being removed from Tallahassee’s Citizens Police Review Board. In response to the Biro’s claims related to freedom of speech, citing case law, Judge Allen Winsor wrote: At the […]
Ellen Blair, the Director of Human Resources at the City of Tallahassee has been terminated. She was hired by the City of Tallahassee in December, 2013. Blair released a statement earlier today to local media which said, in part, “I have done right by the city of Tallahassee, and have performed my duties with the […]