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Episode 124: St. Lucie County Sheriff Richard Del Toro
In this episode, FSA speaks with the newly elected sheriff of St. Lucie County, Richard Del Torro. Hear about Sheriff Del Torro's career path and how being the chief of...

Episode 123: Miami-Dade County Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz
In this episode, FSA speaks with Miami-Dade County Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz during the 2024 Florida Sheriff’s Academy. On January 7, 2025, Rosie Cordero-Stutz was sworn-in as the first elected sheriff...

Episode 122: The Oral History of Amendment 10 and Protecting the Office of Sheriff: Part 4 – County Maneuvering, Lawsuits, State Legislation and Finality
In the fourth installment of the Oral History of Amendment 10, we discuss the proceeding years since passage of Amendment 10 and the work of some in Miami-Dade County to...

Episode 121: The Oral History of Amendment 10 and Protecting the Office of Sheriff: Part 3 – Passage of the Protection Amendment
In the third installment of the Oral History of Amendment 10, we discuss the lawsuits filed by several counties in the summer of 2018 in their attempt to toss Amendment...

Episode 3: The Murders of Andrea Ford and Dawn Petterson
In the late 1990s in the rural area of Flagler County, Florida, just north of world famous Daytona Beach, two women were shot and killed, their bodies left in ditches...

Episode 120: The Oral History of Amendment 10 and Protecting the Office of Sheriff: Part 2 – Florida’s 20-Year Quirk
In the second installment of the Oral History of Amendment 10, we discuss Florida’s 20-year quirk – the Constitution Revision Commission. What is this commission and how is it able...

Episode 119: The Oral History of Amendment 10 and Protecting the Office of Sheriff: Part 1 – The Bill that Died on the Floor
In the first installment of the Oral History of Amendment 10, we discuss the past efforts that abolished the elected Office of Sheriff in several counties, and how, over many...

Episode 2: The Murder of Bobby Ray Jones
On September 30, 1971, Bobby Ray Jones went to work as a bartender at the Lone Branch in Darlington, Florida, located near the Alabama border in the northernmost part of...

Episode 118: What to Know About the Harms of Recreational Marijuana Legalization
In this episode, FSA speaks with Luke Niforatos, the executive vice president of Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) about the dangers of statewide recreational marijuana legalization. Luke is widely recognized...