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Tampa Police Chief Mary O’Connor resigns after blowback from an encounter with Pinellas Sheriff’s deputy

Tampa's Police Chief has resigned. Chief Mary O'Connor submitted her resignation Monday in a letter to Mayor Jane Castor.
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Watch body cam video of Tampa Police Chief pulled over by Pinellas Sheriff’s deputy

Tampa Police Chief Mary O'Connor and her spouse were pulled over by a deputy "while riding in a golf cart without a license plate."
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Mary O’Connor is confirmed as Tampa Police Chief after a heated debate, accusations of a flawed process and a 4-2 vote

Mary O'Connor was confirmed as Tampa Police Chief Thursday on a vote of 4-2 after two hours of public comment and a heated debate.
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Interview with Tampa Mayor Jane Castor: Conference of Mayors, affordable housing and omicron response

Tampa Mayor Jane Castor speaks to WMNF about affordable housing and efforts to combat the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.

Tampa’s crime free housing program under scrutiny

Tampa Bay Times reporter Chris O'Donnell talks about his reporting on the Tampa polices department's crime-free housing program, which remains under fire even after Mayor Jane Castor announced changes to it. t.
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Tampa Mayor requires all City employees to get the coronavirus vaccine

Mayor Jane Castor announced that all City of Tampa employees will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by September 30th.

Tampa Council caves to Castor, police oversight board largely unchanged

Tampa’s City Council Thursday voted to change course on the makeup of its Citizen Review Board. Councilmembers acquiesced a request from Mayor Jane Castor to give her more sway over the police oversight board. LISTEN:...

Black Lives Matter, other activists, respond to beating of Jae Passmore with Rally in Tampa park

Dozens of activists gathered in Tampa’s Lykes Gaslight Park Friday morning in response to the arrest and beating of prominent Black Lives Matter activist Jae Passmore. The smell of burning sage mixed with palpable frustration...
Trump supporters suqare off with Black Lives Matter protesters

Protesters react to Trump’s Florida trip: “Get out of Tampa”

President Trump flew to Tampa, Florida for a fundraising event last Friday afternoon with hundreds of supporters greeting him along his motorcade route to The Pelican Club in the Belleair neighborhood of Pinellas County. Attendees...

Mayor Castor makes appearance at George Floyd solidarity protest

Last Saturday afternoon about 1,000 protesters joined with the nationwide Black Lives Matter marches seeking justice for George Floyd. Large sections of Fowler avenue in Temple Terrace were blocked off. Students for a Democratic Society...
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Update from Tampa on coronavirus

Two people have died from coronavirus in Florida and 32 people in Florida have tested positive; as of Thursday afternoon, there have been 301 negative tests and 147 test results are pending. More than a...
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Tampa mayor says city is preparing for coronavirus, but no cases yet

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is reassuring the state that health officials are prepared for any cases of a new strain of coronavirus that has already killed thousands of people abroad. At a press conference Thursday...
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