CRESTVIEW — It was a rainy, dreary Wednesday outside the Crestview Police Department, but it was anything but inside Warriors Hall because it was time for K9 and SWAT day at the youth academy.
Offi…
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Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office investigating Crestview shooting
CRESTVIEW — The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call of a disturbance at a Crestview area bar early July 5 and later learned someone had been shot during the incident.
Deputies rec…
Crestview Police Department accepting youth academy applications
CRESTVIEW — A free, alternate summer camp is available for Okaloosa County youths interested in police work.
Classes are July 30 through August 3 at the Warriors Hall next to the Crestview Police D…
Crestview police: Organization not a scam, nor donor
CRESTVIEW — Several residents have asked the Crestview Police Department about the National Police Association, an organization from which they received recent solicitation mail, and whether the mail…
Fun and games night
CRESTVIEW — Serving as a Crestview Police officer isn’t always fun and games, but for nearly 20 cops, Thursday evening’s games night for special needs teens and adults was an opportunity for officers…
DeFuniak man arrested for drugs after traffic stop
CRESTVIEW — Two written warnings for running stop signs were the least of a DeFuniak Springs resident’s problems following a traffic stop on Aplin Road.
Christopher Michael Driver, 30, was pulled o…
Mayor dismisses Crestview police chief
CRESTVIEW — Mayor David Cadle dismissed Crestview Police Chief Tony Taylor June 8 following a month-long investigation into multiple allegations by more than 30 police officers and agency administrat…
CPD: Car burglaries on the rise — and not just in Crestview
CRESTVIEW — There were approximately 790 car burglaries reported to the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office in 2017.
Approximately 67 of those occurred in Baker, Crestview, Holt, Laurel Hill, Holt and…
First aid training for Florida students passes in combined bill
CRESTVIEW — With the signing of Bill 7055 in March, Gov. Rick Scott made first aid training for Florida students part of state law.
A brief section of Bill 7055, posted on http://laws.flrules.org, …
Crestview police academy grads ready to hit the streets — almost
CRESTVIEW — Crestview Police Department salutes the only two graduates from the April 30 Northwest Florida State College Criminal Justice police academy class who were not in their academy uniforms. …