One of the biggest cries during the police reform marches of the summer of 2020 was about the inability of the public — even some police departments — to accurately track cops with bad records.
In Florida, for instance, without a court conviction, it’s extremely difficult to know if an officer has been repeatedly accused of brutality, or of falsifying records. Internal reviews can offer a glimpse into past allegations of misconduct, but obtaining public records can be expensive and navigating them, difficult.
The state of Florida finally addressed the question with the unveiling of the Florida Officer’s Discipline Database. The basic website can be accessed by simply typing in an officer’s name and guesstimating a start date.
