In a closely watched case about how to apply a constitutional amendment that expanded victims’ rights, a Leon County circuit judge agreed to at least temporarily keep secret the identities of two Tallahassee police officers involved in use-of-force incidents.

Judge Charles Dodson last week decided that the amendment known as Marsy’s Law, approved by Florida voters in 2018, doesn’t apply to law enforcement officers and that their names should be released.

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