The Sarasota Police Department is again implementing a High Visibility Enforcement program to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety. The City of Sarasota ranks in the top 25 cities in the state of Florida for traffic crashes resulting in serious and fatal injuries to pedestrians and bicyclists.
08/16/2021 12:37 PM
Sarasota Police are investigating a shooting that happened in the 1600 block of 29th Street, Sarasota, shortly after 6:15 p.m. on Monday.
01/22/2024 7:47 PM
Sarasota Police are investigating a shooting that occurred around 11:30 a.m. on Friday, January 19, 2024, in the 900 block of N Beneva Road, Sarasota Commons.
01/19/2024 2:51 PM
In response to an investigation initiated in October 2023, the Sarasota Police Department has forwarded a case involving Christian Ziegler to the State Attorney's Office.
01/18/2024 2:17 PM
Detectives recovered narcotics (rock cocaine), marijuana, and a firearm (.22 caliber revolver handgun) from the residence.
01/12/2024 12:10 PM
The victim reported the burglary occurred between 3:30 p.m. on December 28, 2023, and 1 p.m. December 29, 2023.
01/12/2024 10:37 AM
Sarasota Police ask the public for assistance in finding a missing, endangered teenage boy.
01/11/2024 10:59 AM
Sarasota Police arrested Bernard Rush Jr., 33, Sarasota, for agreeing to secure prostitution, child neglect, and possession of drug paraphernalia during a preplanned operation on December 19, 2023.
01/02/2024 4:51 PM
Aaron Wilchombe is a sexual predator who just moved to 900 University Parkway, Room 325, Sarasota.
01/02/2024 12:54 PM
Sarasota Police arrested Angelique Poquette, 45, Sarasota, for a Grand Theft that occurred on Thursday, December 7, 2023.
12/20/2023 8:46 AM
The Sarasota Police Department, Sarasota Housing Authority, Target, and Sarasota County Area Transit are partnering to provide 150 underprivileged children with a unique opportunity to literally 'Shop with a Cop' for holiday gifts in Sarasota.
12/05/2023 8:50 AM
Sarasota Police are investigating an armed robbery near the 1500 block of Main Street, Sarasota.
12/01/2023 8:50 AM
In our latest "Day in the Life" video, Officer Bearden, a devoted K9 handler with the Sarasota Police Department, takes on the challenge of trying out for the SPD SWAT Team.
11/28/2023 2:21 PM
The Sarasota Police Department is informing the public that Jeffrey Earl Smith, 57, a sexual predator, has moved into the City of Sarasota.
11/28/2023 2:13 PM
On November 3, 2023, Jordan Schopfer, 32, pled guilty to vehicular homicide and DWLS (driving while license suspended) causing death or serious bodily injury. In part of the plea agreement, Schopfer was sentenced to 15 years, 5 months in the Department of Corrections.
11/13/2023 2:30 PM
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating a death that occurred while Sarasota Police were taking a subject, a white male, 50, into protective custody.
11/12/2023 10:19 AM
Tyron Brown, 31, was arrested by Sarasota Police officers on Friday, October 27, 2023, on a warrant for fleeing to elude law enforcement and operating a motor vehicle without a valid driver's license.
10/27/2023 3:59 PM
The Sarasota Police Department will partner with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Saturday, October 28, 2023, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., for National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.
10/24/2023 9:37 AM
The Tiny Hands Foundation of Sarasota, Manatee, and DeSoto Counties donated more than 300 new teddy bears to the Sarasota Police Department, suited in T-shirts with the new SPD logo.
10/18/2023 6:59 PM
The shooting was reported around 8:30 p.m. Friday. There are no injuries or property damage. The public is not in any danger.
10/13/2023 9:18 PM