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Volusia County Breaking News & Accountability Reports

Breaking news and original reporting from Volusia County, including Daytona Beach, DeLand, New Smyrna Beach, Port Orange, Ormond Beach, Edgewater, Orange City and South Daytona. JM Audits follows public records, police activity, government accountability, civil rights and First Amendment issues across Central Florida, nearby Flagler, Lake, Seminole and Brevard counties, and significant stories with statewide or national impact.

Beat Police Departments at Their Own Game: Public Records Request Fundamentals
Florida public records help A Practical Guide to Requesting Florida Public Records Florida’s public-records laws give people broad access to records made or received…
Body camera footage Tennessee inmate death
Warning content is shocking Corrections and police officers in Tennessee killed a man who was detoxing and hallucinating in jail.
School safety zone arrest – rights violations
810.0975 School safety zones; definition; trespass prohibited; penalty.—(1) For the purposes of this section, the term “school safety zone” means in, on, or within 500…
Understanding the Marchman Act
The Hal S. Marchman Alcohol and Other Drug Services Act of 1993, commonly referred to as the Marchman Act, is a Florida statute providing…
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