A new decision to release names of crime victims to the public in Florida has already impacted our local community and how law enforcement agencies share data.

A Florida constitutional amendment may protect a victim of crime’s information, but that does not include their name and that goes for law enforcement too, the Florida Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday.

In a case that could upend public access to information about policing, the Florida Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday about whether the identities of law-enforcement officers are shielded by a 2018 constitutional amendment designed to bolster crime victims’ rights.

The Florida Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether law enforcement officers involved in fatal shootings can keep their identities shielded from the public.

Tuesday marks one year since the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. Floyd’s death sparked a nationwide movement to change police tactics and increase accountability, but the movement has brought different results in different parts of the country.

First Amendment and journalism groups want to weigh in if the Florida Supreme Court takes up a case that could help shield the identities of law enforcement officers involved in use-of-force incidents.

A legal battle about whether a 2018 constitutional amendment known as “Marsy’s Law” can shield the identities of police officers went to the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday.

A teenage boy was shot Thursday morning at an apartment complex off Collins Road, just east of Interstate 295, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

Siding with a union that represents law-enforcement officers, a state appeals court on Tuesday unanimously decided that a constitutional amendment expanding victims’ rights can shield the identities of police officers who were threatened in use-of-force incidents.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – One person died in a house fire early Monday morning, according to the Jacksonville Fire-Rescue. The victim was found in the living room area adjacent to the kitchen. One died and the other was taken to a local veterinarian’s office. “I’m a 65-year-old woman, so it really (a) nervous wreck.”The state fire marshal and JSO homicide detectives called to investigate the cause of the fire, which is standard protocol, according to JFRD. AdThe fire marshal was called to determine how the fire started.

A St. Augustine teen is accused in the shooting death of his girlfriend. Da’Shaud Kendrell Williams, 17, was taken into custody Thursday evening on a felony manslaughter charge in the death of the unnamed 23-year-old woman, according to an arrest report released by the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office. The arrest report says Williams went over to the victim’s home about 7:50 p.m. Thursday for dinner. The report says Williams then pushed the victim away and shot her in the face. Williams was later found at an address off South Woodlawn Street, where deputies say he had a gun and was threatening to take his own life.

But, according to the training slide, officers with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office can’t invoke Marsy’s Law protections in the course of their official duty. The Fraternal Order of Police, the union that represents officers, is suing the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office to challenge the policy. Judge Charles Dodson ruled against the Florida Police Benevolent Association, writing in his court order that Marsy’s Law enforcement officers acting in their official capacity are not protected by Marsy’s Law. “That hasn’t been an issue expressed to me by several other agencies that allow Marsy’s Law protection. In Jacksonville, the city and Jacksonville Fraternal Order of Police are waiting for the judge’s ruling.