Two Pasco deputies shoot and kill an armed person
The Pasco Sheriff’s Office says two of its deputies shot and killed an armed person in a Land O’ Lakes home while responding to a domestic violence incident. A news release from the Pasco Sheriff’s Office says deputies killed Enoch Harville in the Causeway Boulevard area home after he approached deputies with a gun. Nobody else was injured. The Sheriff’s Office says it was an isolated incident and there is no public safety threat. The identities of the deputies will be released on Monday and the FDLE will perform a standard investigation while the deputies are on paid administrative leave.
The New Port Richey City Council approves a new lease for the West Pasco Free Senior Health Clinic
The clinic is located at 6640 Van Buren Street and is commonly known as the Claude Pepper Center. The clinic nearly closed earlier this year. It provides free primary care and chronic disease management for uninsured seniors and low-income residents.
Pinellas County has a new mobile rehabilitation unit for first responders
WMNF’s Juanita Hurtado Huerfano reports the county hopes to use the unit for emergencies that last more than three or four hours.
Possible vaccines for a type of colon cancer
Scientists are creating a new kind of vaccine that teaches the immune system to intercept a type of developing colon cancer before it turns into a full-fledged tumor. Lynch syndrome is an inherited condition that puts people at very high risk of getting colorectal cancer, and certain other cancers, especially at younger ages. It affects about 1 million Americans, many of whom do not know their cancer risk. At least three potential Lynch syndrome vaccines are in early testing.
ICE claims it can withold body camera footage
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving to equip officers with body cameras in the next two months. But the public should not expect to quickly see footage of every critical incident. ICE’s body-worn camera policy says it will publicly release video of shootings and other encounters in which its agents cause death or serious injury only after determining it is in the “best interests of the agency” to do so. One expert on body camera usage says ICE’s director will have broad discretion to release recordings that reflect well on ICE and can push to keep others secret. ICE says body cameras have been sent to more than half its field officers and the rest will receive them by the end of September…