The Collier County Sheriff's Office launched an initiative Tuesday to crack down on Motorists throwing cigarette butts out of car windows. WGCU's John Davis reports...

A handful of select detectives with the Lee County Sheriff's office are now focusing all their time on child abuse cases. WGCU's Luis Hernandez reports.

The Lee County NAACP has signed onto an effort to allow the citizens of Fort Myers to amend the City Charter to create a Citizen Oversight Panel for the city’s Police Department. WGCU’s Valerie Alker reports.

Simply talking to teens about the dangers of mixing alcohol and/or drugs and driving is sometimes not enough to get the point across. The folks at the Coalition for a Drug Free Southwest Florida think they have to take it a step further. Hence what’s called “The Drug House Odyssey.” WGCU’s Luis Hernandez has more.

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Florida’s Attorney General Bill McCullum honored the best of Florida’s Law Enforcement officers Tuesday. He also named Florida’s Officer of the Year. Lynn Hatter has more.

Nola Thiess is back from a trip to the “U-N Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking Conference” in Vienna, Austria. Thiess is the Executive Director of the Human Trafficking Awareness Partnership. She’s also heading up the local Esperanza Project which brings Florida Gulf Coast University and Lee County law enforcement together to fight the growing problem of human trafficking in southwest Florida. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez talked with Thiess about her trip and some of the newest information on the fight against human trafficking.



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Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum wants parents and teachers to keep an eye out for a type of candy kids may be consuming. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports on a new possible threat…street drugs disguised as sweets.

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office unveiled its new high-tech mobile command center Thursday. The 1-million dollar vehicle holds up to two dozen people – and provides mobile Internet, television and radio communications. WGCU’s Mike Kiniry reports.

More than 75 law enforcement officers and agents from across Southwest Florida took to the streets of Arcadia Friday morning in response to a simulated child abduction. WGCU’s Mike Kiniry has more.

Charlotte County Students without criminal records who get arrested on campus now have a way to keep their records’ clean. WGCU’s Mike Kiniry reports.