STARKE, Fla. — Action News Jax obtained a copy of the state’s criminal probe into the now-defunct Starke Police Department.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said no crimes were committed, but it did confirm what we first told you a year ago: That there were more than 2,500 pieces of missing evidence between 2010 and 2021.
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FDLE blamed a “high rate of turnover” in the department and “insufficient training.”
In March, Action News Jax obtained a 104-page memo that detailed the conditions at the Starke Police Department.
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This included bags of sealed evidence not secured in evidence lockers, loose ammo in boxes, bullets in the back of police cruisers, and uniforms that were just thrown into a room.
After it was disbanded, the Starke Police Department was taken over by the Bradford County Sheriff’s Office.
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