Neil Bedi
Investigative reporter
Investigative reporter
Neil Bedi is a reporter at ProPublica in Washington, D.C., where he covers the federal government. He was previously an investigative reporter at the Tampa Bay Times. “Targeted,” his 2020 National Fellowship project with 2016 National Fellow Kathleen McGrory, focused on a local predictive policing program in Pasco County, Florida that harassed residents and profiled schoolchildren. It received the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting and numerous other national awards. The reporting led to a federal investigation, and 30 national and state organizations formed a coalition to oppose the initiative. “Heartbroken,” his 2018 investigation with Kathleen into the alarming death rate at the cardiac surgery unit of a Florida children’s hospital, won the George Polk Award and was a finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting. Neil has also been honored as a recipient of the Scripps Howard Award, the IRE Award, the Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Journalism and the National Headliner Award for Journalistic Innovation. He recently joined the Center for Health Journalism Advisory Board. Before becoming a journalist, he was a software developer. He studied computer science at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Engineering.
Pasco Sheriff Chris Nocco paid nearly $15,000 in campaign funds last year to a firm run by one of his subordinates. The staffer also has new business ties to the sheriff’s wife, corporate records show.
Prompted by a Tampa Bay Times investigation into the Pasco Sheriff’s Office, the bill seeks greater transparency for intelligence-led police work.
The school district shares student data with the Sheriff’s Office, which uses it to identify potential future criminals.
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.
Parents and teachers demanded reviews into the Sheriff’s Office program. Some called for it to be canceled.
The organizations are considering legal action or advocacy campaigns in response to a Tampa Bay Times investigation.
It makes a list based on records so sensitive, they’re protected by state and federal law.
A Florida sheriff created a futuristic program to stop crime before it happens. It monitors and harasses families across the county.