Kathleen McGrory
Tampa Bay Times
Saint Petersburg, FL, United States
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Feds investigating Pasco schools giving student data to sheriff
The Department of Education will look into whether the school district violated federal law by sharing personal student information without consent. → Read More
Lawsuit: Pasco intelligence program violated citizens’ rights
A national public interest firm is representing the plaintiffs, who allege their First, Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were infringed upon. → Read More
Bill aims to curb Florida’s data-driven policing programs
Prompted by a Tampa Bay Times investigation into the Pasco Sheriff’s Office, the bill seeks greater transparency for intelligence-led police work. → Read More
Pasco Sheriff Chris Nocco’s tactics are controversial. Florida politicians don’t question them.
The man behind the machine Pasco Sheriff Chris Nocco built a controversial data-driven approach to policing. He also built a wide circle of powerful friends who don’t question his tactics. Targeted | A Times investigation By KATHLEEN McGRORY and NEIL BEDI Times staff writersDec. 24, 2020 Pasco Sheriff Chris Nocco was once asked under oath how he had landed two high-level posts in state… → Read More
Pasco’s sheriff uses grades and abuse histories to label schoolchildren potential criminals. The kids and their families don’t know.
By NEIL BEDI and KATHLEEN McGRORY Times staff writersNov. 19, 2020 The Pasco Sheriff’s Office keeps a secret list of kids it thinks could “fall into a life of crime” based on factors like whether they’ve been abused or gotten a D or an F in school, according to the agency's internal intelligence manual. The Sheriff’s Office assembles the list by combining the rosters for most middle and high… → Read More
Pasco’s sheriff created a futuristic program to stop crime before it happens. It monitors and harasses families.
Pasco’s sheriff created a futuristic program to stop crime before it happens. It monitors and harasses families across the county. Targeted By KATHLEEN McGRORY and NEIL BEDI Photos by DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD Times staffSept. 3, 2020 Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco took office in 2011 with a bold plan: to create a cutting-edge intelligence program that could stop crime before it happened. What he… → Read More
How a Florida Sheriff harasses families: Watch the body-cam video
How a Florida Sheriff harasses families: Watch the body-cam video Warning: Some of the videos contain explicit language Over the past five years, nearly 1,000 Pasco County residents have been swept up in the Pasco Sheriff’s Office’s data-driven policing program. The program aims to use analytics to identify people who the department thinks are most likely to commit future crimes. Deputies create… → Read More
Coronavirus may have caused hundreds of additional deaths in Florida
An analysis conducted for the Times shows a spike in unexpected deaths since late March. Experts say they relate to the pandemic directly and indirectly. → Read More
Florida lagged behind dozens of states on coronavirus restrictions
Despite a large elderly population that is more vulnerable to the virus, the state has been slower than many others to restrict businesses. → Read More
After ‘tragedies’ at All Children’s, St. Mary’s, Florida lawmakers back safety measure
Rep. Chris Sprowls, R-Palm Harbor, said issues at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital made people realize the bill’s importance. → Read More
Top heart surgeon returns to All Children’s, 3 years after being pushed out
The heart surgery program’s mortality rate spiked after the surgeon left, a 2018 Times investigation revealed. → Read More
Johns Hopkins All Children’s faces record state fines
The planned $800,000 penalty is the latest fallout from problems in the hospital’s heart surgery department. → Read More
Johns Hopkins agrees to pay nearly $40 million to two families hurt by All Children’s heart surgeries
The hospital has been negotiating with 11 families; some were struggling to afford the immense cost of care. → Read More
Family settles for $2.3 million over All Children’s heart surgery death
It is the first settlement to become public. Others are expected. → Read More
The law firm investigating All Children’s filed its report. The hospital will make big changes.
The investigation was commissioned by the board of Johns Hopkins Medicine, which runs the hospital, following a Times investigation into fatal problems in All Children’s heart surgery unit. → Read More
In North Carolina, the New York Times reveals another heart surgery program in trouble
Problems at Johns Hopkins All Children’s have brought the risks of children’s heart surgery — and the vastly different care some institutions provide — to the forefront in Tampa Bay. → Read More
Profit at Johns Hopkins hospitals tumbled. All Children’s was to blame.
The decline was $31.7 million — 70 percent of the system’s total — compared to the first quarter last year. → Read More
Regulators still not satisfied with All Children’s progress
The state found continuing problems with infection control, and wants a plan to fix them by early May. The federal government offered a 12-month agreement to fix systemic issues. → Read More
Lawmakers approve measure to catch pediatric heart surgery problems
The proposal, which would let teams of physician experts inspect struggling programs such as Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, now goes to Gov. Ron DeSantis. → Read More
Heart surgery bill gets new life
The proposal, which seeks to catch problems at children’s heart surgery programs, had stalled earlier in the session. → Read More