{"id":171295,"date":"2026-02-27T10:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T10:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/171295\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T10:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T10:46:07","slug":"florida-laws-cops-judges-have-to-follow-and-what-the-consequences-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/171295\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida laws cops, judges have to follow and what the consequences are"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"330\" height=\"249\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/e979536ef42f3cbf34b424c2d182f49e.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For the most part, we know the laws that we have to follow, but what restrictions do law enforcement officers face when it comes to the law?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It can be hard keeping track. Lawmakers\u00a0last year\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/12\/03\/florida-laws-january-2026\/87563558007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:passed over 160 new laws;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">passed over 160 new laws<\/a>\u00a0that went into effect in July and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/09\/12\/new-florida-laws-october-dui-fleeing-officers-pornography\/86046801007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:October;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">October<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Here are some stories TCPalm has written about Florida laws for law enforcement and how they might affect you.<\/p>\n<p>Florida laws for cops, judges<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcpalm.com\/staff\/74965934007\/olivia-franklin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Olivia Franklin;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Olivia Franklin<\/a>\u00a0is TCPalm\u2019s trending reporter.\u00a0You can contact her at\u00a0olivia.franklin@tcpalm.com,\u00a0317-627-8048\u00a0or follow her on X\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Livvvvv_5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@Livvvvv_5;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">@Livvvvv_5<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally appeared on Treasure Coast Newspapers: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcpalm.com\/story\/news\/local\/florida\/2026\/02\/27\/florida-laws-cops-have-to-follow-consequences-what-happens-when-judge-break-the-law-immigration-laws\/88846265007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Florida laws cops, judges have to follow and what the consequences are;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Florida laws cops, judges have to follow and what the consequences are<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the most part, we know the laws that we have to follow, but what restrictions do law&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,52036,29,78247,1598,74662],"class_list":{"0":"post-171295","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-florida","9":"tag-florida-headlines","10":"tag-florida-laws","11":"tag-florida-news","12":"tag-keeping-track","13":"tag-law-enforcement","14":"tag-restrictions"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}