Lt. Governor Jeff Kottkamp, as part of his role overseeing the Governor’s Office of Drug Control, held a press conference last week with bill sponsors Senator Mike Fasano and Representative Marcelo Llorente and Director Bruce Grant of the Governor’s Office of Drug Control to express his support of their proposed legislation that will help to [...]

Does your child know the rules of the road?  Round’em up, grab their bikes and helmets and join the City of Hollywood Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts, the Hollywood Police Department, the Washington Park Homeowner’s Association and the non-profit Community Enhancement Collaboration (CEC) for a bicycle rodeo.
This free, fun-filled bike safety clinic will [...]

Tune in AM 1470 WWNN radio Sunday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. for All Points Bulletin with Sheriff Al Lamberti. The Broward Sheriff’s Office was approached by the station to do a law enforcement radio show and Sheriff Lamberti agreed to launch the APB program, seeing it as an opportunity to reach the public [...]

Recently law enforcement agencies across the region, including the Broward Sheriff’s Office have become aware of scams involving individuals claiming to be affiliated with the upcoming Census. In an effort to safeguard our residents and business owners, we remind everyone of the following:

The Census does not ask for social security numbers.
The Census does not ask [...]

The Fort Lauderdale Police Department is investigating a traffic fatality that occurred on Thursday, February 18, 2010 at approximately 10:15 P.M.  The accident took place at Northwest 19 Street and Powerline Road.
Investigators have discovered that Sandra Karalekas, W/F, 05/17/1988, was operating a 2001 Honda Prelude.  The Prelude was stopped for a red light at the [...]

[ February 19, 2010; 12:00 am to 11:56 pm. ] The Fort Lauderdale Police Department will be conducting a traffic safety checkpoint on Friday, February 19, 2010.  The location of the checkpoint will be in the 700-800 block of Northwest 24 Avenue.  The checkpoint will be conducted from 4:00 P.M. until 12:00 A.M.

Vehicles will be randomly selected and drivers will be checked for valid paperwork [...]

You may recognize Robert Speights from the America’s Most Wanted web page, where he is listed as a high-risk sex offender and fugitive. Or maybe you’ve seen his mug shot on the Florida Department of Corrections website, where he is on drug offender probation.

The Broward Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Unit recognized Speights, too, when they surprised [...]

A school bus headed to Everglades Elementary with students wrecked early this morning in Weston. Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies, along with BSO Fire Rescue are on the scene of the wreck with injuries at Bonaventure Blvd., near S. Post Rd. in Weston. The driver of a Broward County Public School bus collided with a vehicle [...]

The toxicology reports on the three teenagers that died when the vehicle they where driving in went into a canal showed impairment on the driver according to Broward County Medical Examiner’s Office.
On November 15, 2009 at approximately 12:18am a 2007 red Volkswagen driven by Sean Maxey, 16, of Coral Springs was attempting to turn onto [...]

Just before 4:00 p.m. on Monday, Florida’s Task Force 2 Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Team landed at Miami International Airport following their deployment to the devastated areas of Haiti.
Two Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue members, Capt. Kevin Bartlett and Driver/Engineer Allison Dunne were among the 80-member “Red” team. The specialized Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) [...]

Since BSO announced it was teaming up with Food For the Poor to help collect donations for those affected by the tragedy in Haiti the community has stepped up and showed up at BSO and Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue locations throughout the county with their contributions.
The picture attached is from the delivery of two truck-loads [...]

A Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy driving on Dixie Highway late Saturday in Oakland Park collided with another car in the intersection of Northeast 56th Street. A teenage girl was killed in the crash, and two other young people were injured.
BSO traffic homicide investigators are working to determine how exactly the crash happened. Kara Catlin, 14, [...]

The City of Oakland Park has drop boxes inside the following City buildings for employees, residents and other concerned citizens to drop of Earthquake Relief supplies for Haiti:
1). Oakland Park City Hall, 3650 NE 12 Avenue
2). Oakland Park Library, 1298 NE 37 Street
3). Oakland Park Municipal Building, 5399 N. Dixie Highway
4). Fire Station #9, 301 [...]

A Wilton Manors man died Tuesday night after he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed in Oakland Park.
Shortly after 10 p.m. January 19, William Lewis was operating a 2004 Harley Davidson motorcycle eastbound in the 1700 block of East Oakland Park Boulevard. Witnesses said Lewis was riding at a high rate of speed in [...]

Sunrise Police are looking for a missing white male. Fulvio Vaccarello, aka Phil, was last seen 6:20 a.m. Tuesday morning near 2811 Pine Island Rd., Building 71. He is 5’3”, 130 pounds, 86-years-old,white with balding gray hair. He was possibly wearing brown pants, blue shirt, gray sweater, and sometimes wears a blue baseball cap with [...]

A bill that would add homelessness to the list of hate crime enhancements in the State of Florida passed unopposed in both House and Senate subcommittees.
With Florida leading the nation in the number of attacks on the homeless, Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti created the Hate Crimes Anti-Bias Task Force in October 2008 to address the [...]

There will be a fundraiser for Caring House Project Sunday, January 24 from 3pm till 2 am at the Sunset Blue, on NE 33rd St. in Fort Lauderdale (two blocks north of Oakland Park Blvd. off A1A). Five bands are scheduled to play along with drinks, booths, raffles and more. Learn more at http://destination33rd.com/EventSB0.aspx. Support [...]

Leann Chong in Haiti.
Food For The Poor’s Missions and Travel Director, Leann Chong, is recovering in a Dominican Republic hospital after being pulled from the rubble of a hotel in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Wednesday morning. Chong had lain trapped for 17 hours beneath 3-feet of concrete, chin tucked and face to the floor, since the [...]

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Monetary collections for Caring House Project, a local non-profit that helps build communities in Haiti (sustainable with food, shelter and more), are being accepted at Fishtales, 33rd St. Wine Bar and Sunset Blue Block Party. Visit here for more details. Check back [...]

The death of a four-year-old Coral Springs boy who overdosed on sleeping pills has been ruled a homicide. Nicholas Odze was found in his bed unresponsive and not breathing on Sept. 10, 2009 and was transported to Coral Springs Medical Center by Coral Springs Fire Rescue who attempted to intubate and revive him.
All attempts to [...]

With the cold wave expected to last throughout the week in South Florida, Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue in conjunction with the State Fire Marshal’s Office once again reminds residents to stay safe when it comes to keeping warm.
In 2006, heating equipment was involved in an estimated 64,100 reported home structure fires, 540 deaths, 1,400 injuries [...]

The Miramar Police Department has added Nixle as an additional tool to communicate with the community. Nixle is a community information service provider designed to provide timely, reliable and secure com­munications. Nixle is used to send out real-time messages regarding important events and information occurring in the city. Messages may include crime, missing persons or [...]

The Davie Fire Rescue Department will offer training for a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT).  Anyone who lives or works in the Town of Davie and is over 18 years old is eligible for the training classes that are scheduled to begin on February 2, 2010.  You must register before the class begins.
The CERT program [...]

From Broward Health
If you are among the many who welcome in the new year with a glass of bubbly, consider this along with the fizz: Two glasses of champagne a day may do wonders for your heart and circulation by improving the way blood vessels function.
According to researchers from the University of Reading in the [...]

A Dania Beach man paragliding with his wife on Christmas morning died after losing control of the motorized flying device and falling into the Atlantic Ocean.
Around 9:20 a.m., Roberto Fernandez and his wife, Catya Fernandez, were flying in a tandem paraglider near the Dania Pier when he somehow lost control and flew into the water. [...]