Plans to build and expand the Pembroke Pines Police Department are on hold for now after voters decided on Tuesday to vote down the bond that would have funded the project.

There are signs up announcing proposed improvement projects in Pembroke Pines as part of a $230 million obligation bond that residents still need to vote on.

Pembroke Pines commissioners voted Monday night to finalize a contract to keep school resource officers on campuses throughout the city.

Broward County Public Schools doesn’t have a police department, so not every school will have trained law enforcement officers when students return on Aug. 12.

Pembroke Pines officials agreed to allocate School Resource Officers at all of the public schools in the city until December and will continue discussions on how to cover the cost.

Parents in Pembroke Pines expressed their fear that there will not be a police officer at their kids’ schools.

A Pembroke Pines commissioner was kicked out of a commission meeting after the mayor said he became too disruptive.

The city of Pembroke Pines has selected a new mayor.

An area zoned for residential property in Pembroke Pines, is on its way to becoming a nature preserve and it’s all to save the city’s beloved bald eagles, Pride and Jewel.

Drivers along Pines Boulevard in Pembroke Pines see it every day, and they want to know what will take the place of the old Pembroke Pines City Hall building.

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – Facial recognition technology being used in police investigations is facing new scrutiny. State driver’s license photos and booking mugshots are some of the tools used by investigators in Pembroke Pines and other cities throughout Florida as they try to identify criminals using facial recognition. “With technology nowadays, people know how to use it to their advantage so I definitely think they should use it with some rules,” said Krystal Denis, who works in Pembroke Pines. Pembroke Pines police has an agreement with the state to access the database, which is run out of the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. AdThe system called FACES uses an image to map facial features and help make an id and potentially jumpstart an investigation.

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – The hazardous wastewater is at the edge of Martha Reyes' driveway — and there’s no avoiding it. Standing water remains throughout the Chapel Trail neighborhood of Pembroke Pines. “And the smell of the sewage...”On Thursday, Pembroke Pines commissioners held an emergency flood meeting to address the problems that have led to hundreds of complaints from residents. We’re the last ramp.”Utility and water drainage managers were front and center in the city commission meeting. “We had 12-16 inches of rain in one day,” Pembroke Pines Mayor Frank Ortis said.

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. - A gun show is coming to Pembroke Pines, but some residents and commissioners said they don't want it after the recent mass shootings in Texas and Ohio. Opponents said they are concerned about the "gun show loophole" -- private gun sales that happen at some shows that don't require background checks. "We built a civic center at the request of the residents of Pembroke Pines so that they would have a family-friendly place to go," Pembroke Pines Commissioner Angelo Castillo said. Khaled Akkawi, organizer of the Florida Gun Show, said this won't stop the event from happening this weekend. After the 2018 Valentine's Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fort Lauderdale residents protested against a Florida Gun Show event.