Police departments will be required to adopt policies to protect confidential informants under a bill signed into law by Florida Gov. Charlie Crist. ...more

May 7, 2009

Police departments would be required to adopt policies to protect confidential informants under a bill headed to the governor. ...more

April 30, 2009

Key elements of a bill meant to protect people who work for police as confidential informants were stripped out of the legislation Wednesday at the insistence of law enforcement agencies. ...more

March 19, 2009

Preston Parker's legal problems are continuing less than a month after his was kicked off Florida State University's football team. Parker was charged with DUI by Tallahassee police in January. That arrest violated his probation in a Palm Beach County case, and a warrant was issued for his arrest, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office. Parker turned himself in Sunday night, and he was being held in the Palm Beach County jail, according to the sheriff's office Web site. ...more

February 23, 2009

A group of college students say they are forming an organization to make sure police officers in Tallahassee don't abuse their power. ...more

February 7, 2009

A Saturday morning arrest on a DUI charge proved to be a costly third strike for Florida State's Preston Parker. ...more

February 3, 2009

Preston Parker's troubled football career at Florida State is over after his second arrest in less than a year. ...more

February 2, 2009

Florida State receiver Preston Parker is out of jail after posting a $500 bond. ...more

February 1, 2009

Florida State football player Preston Parker is being held in a north Florida jail on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. ...more

January 31, 2009

The parents of Rachel Hoffman will appear on "Dateline NBC" tonight as part of an effort to pass a state law protecting confidential informants such as their daughter, who was fatally shot last year while working with Tallahassee police. ...more

January 23, 2009