Orlando police chief Eric Smith said safety is top of mind as more than 100,000 people are expected to pack Lake Eola Park for the Fireworks at the Fountain celebration.

In 2019, Gardner met OPD Detective Graham Cage, they worked together to connect dozens of new cases to the Malibu rapist.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Ten Orlando police officers will be dedicated to five high-crime areas around the city tasked exclusively with getting to know the community they serve, Orlando Police Chief Orlando Rolon announced Monday. The new Neighborhood Patrol Unit (NPU) will not be a “call-taking unit.” Officers will assist with crime but will primarily spend their days walking, talking, meeting and greeting. The officers, working in pairs, will get to know people in five areas around Orlando where gun violence has spiked this year. Yong Hall, the supervisor over the Neighborhood Patrol Unit, said the officers will work to build and rebuild trust. “Our goals are to have everyone in the community know our neighborhood officers by name.”Hall said a new grant has allowed OPD to hire more officers to be able to dedicate the 10 exclusively to the Neighborhood Patrol Unit.

ORLANDO, Fla. – The attorney representing the family of Kevin Aldophe is questioning the evidence in the fatal officer involved shooting that happened earlier this year. News 6 obtained body camera videos from police. He is also questioning how investigators compiled the body camera videos. He said the audio of Aldophe allegedly firing his gun first came from an officer’s camera who wasn’t there at the time the shooting allegedly happened. The forensic video analyst wrote in the report he synchronized all three body camera videos.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Body camera recorded by an Orlando school resource officer shows a distraught, sobbing 6-year-old girl being restrained with zip ties and pleading with the officer as she’s led to a patrol car outside her school. The arresting officer, Dennis Turner, was later fired by the Orlando Police Department following the September arrest of the student. The 6-year-old was arrested after school staff said she had a temper tantrum at school. Body camera video shows school staff questioning the arrest of Kaia and obviously concerned for her wellbeing. The video starts as the school resource officer walks into an office along with the OPD transport officer, where a school staff member is reading a book to the girl.