Coastal Florida PBA

10/11/2026

It is with an extremely heavy heart that we share the tragic passing of one of our members late Saturday evening. Kevin Morris, a 5-year Deputy with the Brevard County Sheriff's Office, Florida (Official) lost his life while responding code to an officer-involved shooting. Agent Morris was a retiree prior to his BSCO service with the Palm Bay Police Department as well. This type of loss strikes at the core of our PBA family any time it occurs, and Agent Morris' death is no exception. We thank Sheriff Wayne Ivey for his leadership and support of the Morris family and the many friends and extended family he leaves behind in the Space Coast law enforcement community. Rest in Peace, Deputy Morris. Thank you for your ultimate sacrifice. 🙏🏼

08/18/2026

PBA STATEMENT ON THE TERMINATION
OF DBPD OFFICER JOEL LLINAS

August 18, 2026

Daytona Beach – The Coastal Florida PBA was made aware by news release this afternoon that Officer Joel Llinas was sacrificed to an angry mob of cop-haters and terminated. We could not disagree more with this absurd outcome. Officer Llinas was trained and instructed to be a proactive cop, and that doesn’t just include shopping with kids at Christmas or passing out school supplies in the summer. Sometimes that job is to go into problem neighborhoods and address ongoing concerns raised by residents. In March of this year, that is precisely what Officer Llinas was doing.

On this particular evening, Officer Llinas was grabbed and possibly bitten by the resisting suspect during an arrest and made what could have been a simple arrest into an unnecessary fiasco. This entire incident is the fault of the suspect, not the officer. Sadly, this department has chosen to ignore the obvious – that he did what they asked him to do – and terminated a hardworking cop who proudly served our country in the military as well. None of that mattered to the Mayor or the Chief, who we should all recall openly telling the same angry cop-hating mob months ago how “troubling” and “concerning” the arrest was to them, long before the investigation even began. Was there any ever doubt this would be how the chapter ended? We don’t believe so. It’s clear to our members the city decided some time ago that this was going to be the outcome, facts be damned, and that’s unfair, if not illegal.

For now, the witch hunt is over, and the city has gotten its temporary pound of flesh. Fortunately, we have seen this before and we will be aggressively fighting to get Officer Llinas job back through the arbitration process in the months ahead. Our officers will not be bullied by a spineless administration that succumbs so easily to blatant political pressure instead of recognizing the valuable protection our members provide in the community.

06/30/2026

We are excited to announce the formation of a 501c3 charity to design and fund a monument to Officer Jason Raynor as part of the city park being built in Daytona Beach in his name. All donations will be tax deductible and every dollar will go toward this important project. Please reply or message us with any questions.

Donate here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/jason-raynor-memorial-park

03/13/2026

The CFPBA is aware of the videos being viewed around central Florida today of an arrest that took place Wednesday evening in Daytona Beach. First, we would like to recognize the Daytona Beach Police Department and Chief Young for taking a measured approach and letting the facts, not hysterics, rule the day. We would also like to thank those in the media who have correctly pointed out that the arrestee was not cooperative, was actively resisting arrest by interfering with the officer's hands during the incident, and ignoring numerous lawful commands. We will vigorously defend our officer, regardless of what the armchair quarterbacking and showboating career politicians and local activists - all of whom have exactly zero training in law enforcement - think of the matter.

03/12/2026

It's a great day for law enforcement and their families throughout Florida. Yesterday the Officer Jason Raynor Act cleared its final hurdle in the legislature and how heads to the governor for his approval. This bill is the result of nearly three years of work between the PBA, the legislature and the prosecutors in Florida. Upon becoming law, killing a cop - even manslaughter - will net you life in prison, unlike the reprehensible human being that took the life of Officer Raynor in 2021. A proud Daytona Beach Police Officer, Jason Raynor was deprived of decades of life while proactively doing the job he swore to do while his killer will be free from prison somewhere around his 50th birthday. That must never happen again. The PBA wishes to thank Senator Tom Leek and Representative Jessica Baker for shepherding this new law through the legislature. Without them, this needed change would not have happened. The PBA looks forward to seeing Governor Ron DeSantis sign this into law very soon.

02/20/2026

The CFPBA has worked this week to address a recent violent attack on the boardwalk in Daytona Beach. While there have been several local news accounts of this shocking incident, it is important that speculation about what our members “could” have done to prevent it by arresting the attacker during an earlier incident at a nearby convenience store be taken into the proper context.

This was a transient man with a lengthy rap sheet who had been in and out of jail (including a dropped charge by prosecutors just days prior) for several years and was issued a trespass warning from the business on the morning of the February 14th. Our officers are peacekeepers, and removing the suspect from the situation was the proper course of action at that time. Both the suspect and the would-be victim that morning appear to have had an ongoing personal dispute and may have engaged in a mutual physical exchange and with neither wishing to press charges, there was little else our members could at the time.

Our sympathy is with the young man who came within an inch of being killed last weekend. To be clear, the boy’s family is rightfully frustrated at the entire system. The residents and visitors of Daytona Beach deserve protection from this type of violent activity. But to cast blame on a department which is routinely overworked during special events and which is also hamstrung by laws governing transients, is unfair to our members.

Homelessness, mental irregularities, and substance abuse are problems in many communities, and Daytona Beach is no exception. It is our sincere hope that the men and women of this department are given the staffing and resources they need to mitigate these difficult situations in the future. gd er

02/12/2026

Last night a traffic stop occurred in Daytona Beach where two of our hardworking members were addressing repeated traffic concerns in one of the city’s neighborhoods. In this stop, the wife of a local official was released without a citation. Our members acted professionally and were doing their jobs as assigned – combatting ongoing violations on this particular city block with proactive enforcement. At no time were they discourteous, nor did they do anything worthy of a passive-aggressive social media response from the driver’s spouse or unhelpful involvement from other family members who then arrived on scene. We support our officers through thick and thin and want to thank these individuals for doing their job thoroughly and expeditiously, even when faced with undeserved criticism and implied allegations of wrongdoing. Our members deserve respect from all corners of the community they serve. It is the hope and belief of the PBA that future legitimate law enforcement matters like this occur without our members fearing reprisal or intimidation on the part of elected officials. In closing, thank you as well to the citizens of the city and the department itself, all of whom have demonstrated their consistent support for the men and women of the DBPD.

01/17/2026

Apologies for the late evening post, but it’s that time of year again. The legislative session began Tuesday and as usual, much is at stake these next two months for our members. Every CFPBA member is also a member of our statewide association, Florida PBA, which counting all of you, represents close to 30,000 law enforcement professionals from Pensacola to Key West. FLPBA is a titan in Tallahassee when it comes to lobbying our state officials for budgetary and law changes on your behalf. Please check this out to learn more and be on the lookout for this each week through the middle of March.

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