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Pasco’s sheriff created a futuristic program to stop crime before it happens. It monitors and harasses families across the county.
Targeted
Pasco’s sheriff created a futuristic program to stop crime before it happens. It monitors and harasses families across the county.
The kids and their parents don’t know.
Pasco’s sheriff uses grades and abuse histories to label schoolchildren potential criminals.
The kids and their parents don’t know.
Pasco Sheriff Chris Nocco built a controversial data-driven approach to policing. He also built a wide circle of powerful friends who don’t question his tactics.
The man behind the machine
Pasco Sheriff Chris Nocco built a controversial data-driven approach to policing. He also built a wide circle of powerful friends who don’t question his tactics.
From its headquarters in Boca Raton, GardaWorld has put unsafe trucks on the road, and its workers and unsuspecting motorists have suffered the consequences.
This major armored truck company took dangerous shortcuts. Mayhem followed.
From its headquarters in Boca Raton, GardaWorld has put unsafe trucks on the road, and its workers and unsuspecting motorists have suffered the consequences.
Big banks entrusted money to GardaWorld. It secretly lost track of millions.
Federal agency knew Garda was “really bad” at safety. It took little action.
An outbreak. Evacuations. Forty families shattered.
How did coronavirus overwhelm this nursing home so quickly?
An outbreak. Evacuations. Forty families shattered.
Solar panels on Ruskin homes purchased with PACE loans.
An energy efficiency finance program is trapping Florida homeowners in debt
Scientology’s international spiritual headquarters in downtown Clearwater is anchored by the Flag Building, on left. An elevated walkway connects the building to the Fort Harrison Hotel, the church’s first purchase in the city in 1975.
How Scientology doubled its downtown Clearwater footprint in 3 years
Michael Jenkins spent seven days at North Tampa Behavioral Health last July. Since then, he says his three children have been afraid he’ll leave and not come home.
You’re trapped. This Florida hospital is cashing in.
Leslie Lugo’s family visits her grave in September.
Despite warnings, All Children’s kept operating. Babies died.

LATEST

  1. Foundation cuts off Pasco schools, citing data sharing
    Feb. 27• Investigations
    Superintendent Kurt Browning attends a December School Board meeting.
    The group, which had given the district more than $1 million in grants, called the practice of providing student data to police “contrary” to its values.
  2. Pasco sheriff’s campaign paid $15,000 to top Sheriff’s Office staffer
    Feb. 6• Politics
    Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco
    The staffer also has new business ties to the sheriff’s wife, corporate records show.
  5. Bill aims to curb Florida’s data-driven policing programs
    Feb. 2• Investigations
    Sen. Audrey Gibson, D-Jacksonville
    Prompted by a Tampa Bay Times investigation into the Pasco Sheriff’s Office, the bill seeks greater transparency for intelligence-led police work.
  6. Congressman urges probe of Pasco school data program
    Jan. 19• Investigations
    U.S. Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia.
    The school district shares student data with the Sheriff’s Office, which uses it to identify potential future criminals.
  7. Pasco law enforcement needs more oversight, community groups say
    Jan. 19• Investigations
    Pasco Sheriff Chris Nocco addresses the media during a 2020 press conference.
    The groups want an independent board to review complaints alleging police misconduct.
  8. Federal agency knew Garda was “really bad” at safety. It took little action.
    Dec. 31, 2020• Investigations
    The GardaWorld armored truck where Johnathon Lue, 35, burned to death in May. The truck ignited after its driver lost control and went off a Phoenix highway.
    Three more people have died since the Times revealed safety problems at the Florida-based armored truck company.
  9. Pasco Sheriff Nocco has a controversial approach — and powerful friends who don’t question it
    Dec. 24, 2020• Investigations
    Chris Nocco speaks at a 2011 press conference after then Gov. Rick Scott appointed him sheriff of Pasco County.
    “I’m very blessed to have friends that are in high offices,” Nocco once said.
  10. Privacy nonprofit: Pasco sheriff’s use of student data breaks federal law, school district contracts
    Dec. 19, 2020• Investigations
    A screenshot of the legal analysis published by the Future of Privacy Forum.
    A legal analysis by the Future of Privacy Forum found legal and ethical issues with the sheriff’s program and the school district’s inaction.
  11. Pasco superintendent defends sharing data with sheriff, as teachers object
    Dec. 16, 2020• Investigations
    Pasco County school superintendent Kurt Browning defended sharing student information with the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office at a School Board meeting on Tuesday.
    The comments followed a Times investigation that revealed the Sheriff’s Office was using grades to compile a list of kids at-risk of becoming criminals. “People post stuff to the internet,” he said.
  12. Pasco PTA: Use of school data to flag potential criminals ‘unacceptable’
    Dec. 11, 2020• Investigations
    Pasco Schools superintendent Kurt Browning with Pasco Sheriff Chris Nocco at a 2015 press conference.
    Parents and teachers demanded reviews into the Sheriff’s Office program. Some called for it to be canceled.

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Kathleen McGrory, Deputy Editor for Investigations

Corey G. Johnson, Investigative Reporter

Rebecca Woolington, Investigative Reporter

Bethany Barnes, Investigative Reporter

Eli Murray, Data Reporter

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