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If we re involved in an officer-involved shooting, we ask the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to conduct the investigation, but if you get the body cameras and the intent is to be transparent, then I think you should be transparent whenever something happens whether it s good or bad, Simmons said. Unless it has the potential to compromise or jeopardize an investigation, I m of the opinion that we would put out the information as quickly and openly as we possibly can.
The ECSO is not the only local enforcement agency to recently acquire body cameras with the assistance of the federal CARES Act. In January, Santa Rosa County Commissioners unanimously approved allocating $1.5 million in CARES Act funds to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office to offset the department s budget costs, and the SRSO spent a portion of the money it saved on its own first-ever body cameras.
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Two teenagers attacked a man with a stun gun, a hammer and pepper spray during an attempted carjacking that resulted in the death of one of the teens, according to a newly released arrest report.
Jennifer Elizabeth Marie Broxson, 18, was arrested May 5 and charged with second-degree felony murder, aggravated battery, carjacking and obstructing justice.
A 16-year-old who authorities identified as her accomplice in the carjacking, Allison Marie Dejaynes, was shot by the man the teenagers were trying to rob. She later died at the hospital.
Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson said at a press conference Monday that the case was complex it was initially suspected as a stand your ground incident and it took investigators months to determine what took place. Broxson was also injured in the shooting and had to recover before she could be booked into jail.
Starting this summer, anyone who interacts with a Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office deputy on the job will be recorded on camera.
SRSO deputies will begin training this month on how to equip themselves with the agency’s first-ever body cameras. All SRSO patrol deputies are expected to start wearing the devices sometime within the next several months.
Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson and his staff reviewed body camera policies of other Florida sheriff s and Florida police departments to build their own Body Worn Cameras policy on how their agency will use its new tools.
“There were certain policies that we looked at and said, “Oh no, we’re not doing that,” Johnson told the News Journal. “There were certain policies where officers had the ability to get the video and do stuff to the videos.
April 28, 2021
An 18-year old man was indicted Tuesday for the murder of a 14-year old whose body was found March 28 in the Blackwater State Forest near Munson. Meanwhile, a second suspect remains on the run.
Isaiah Jordan McCullers, 18, was indicted for first degree murder. He is being held in the Santa Rosa County Jail without bond. Isaac Cameron Daniels, 19, is wanted on an outstanding warrant for first degree murder during the commission of a robbery
The remains were identified as Cody Walker of Pace. He was last seen on March 14 and reported missing on March 19. Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson said evidence indicates he died the morning of March 15. His remains were found in a wooded area off Sandy Forest Road, south of the intersection of Highway 4 and Munson Highway.