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Category: Public Safety

Posted inPublic Safety, Transportation

Lakeland Commissioners Consider Adding More Red-Light Cameras

by Kimberly C. Moore August 18, 2023August 18, 2023

The camera at South Florida Avenue and Beacon Road needs to be relocated. LPD has suggested two alternate locations.

Posted inPublic Safety

Polk County Fire Rescue Ambulance Crashes Through Wall of Proud Gator

by Cindy Glover August 12, 2023December 12, 2023

Two crew members were transported to the hospital with minor injuries. No patients were in the ambulance at the time of the crash.

Truck and train after collision
Posted inPublic Safety

Amtrak Train Hits Vehicle Transporter Near Lake Parker, Causing Fuel Spill

by Cindy Glover July 14, 2023July 16, 2023

No fatalities were reported, but eight train passengers were taken to Lakeland Regional Medical Center with ‘non-critical’ injuries.

Posted inCrime / Justice, Public Safety

SUV Crashes Into Lakeland Home, Killing 24-Year-Old Soccer Player

by Kimberly C. Moore June 20, 2023June 20, 2023

The Lakeland United Football Club identified the man as player Yuri dos Santos Vasconcelos, a student-athlete from Brazil.

Posted inCrime / Justice, Public Safety

70-Year-Old Man Run Over by City Street Sweeper

by Kimberly C. Moore and Cindy Glover May 18, 2023May 22, 2023

The victim was a longtime resident of Lighthouse Ministries. The accident occurred in the pre-dawn hours on Thursday.

Posted inPublic Safety

LPD, LFD Work to End Stigma Around Seeking Help for Mental Health

by Kimberly C. Moore May 16, 2023May 17, 2023

‘We see things humans are not designed to see … over and over and over again,’ Assistant Police Chief Steven Pacheco said.

Posted inCity Hall, Public Safety

LPD Patrol Vehicles to Get a New All-Black Look

by Cindy Glover May 15, 2023May 16, 2023

The Lakeland Police Department can save $3,000 per vehicle by making them a single color instead of black-and-white.

Posted inCrime / Justice, Public Safety

State Leaders Gather in Polk To Discuss Human Trafficking as Exploitation of Migrant Children Surges

by Kimberly C. Moore May 4, 2023May 4, 2023

Technology gives predators more access to children, but it also enables investigators to bring down entire networks of traffickers.

Posted inPublic Safety, Schools

Plan to Replace LPD School Resource Officers with Sheriff’s Deputies Concerns City Leaders

by Kimberly C. Moore March 31, 2023April 1, 2023

Talk of consolidating school safety personnel comes as the superintendent continues to reorganize the school district.

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Posted inPublic Safety, Transportation

Harden Boulevard Reopens Following Fatal Single-Vehicle Accident

Barry Friedman by Barry Friedman March 6, 2023March 8, 2023

Lakeland resident, 69, dies after he lost control of his vehicle and he was ejected when it rolled over.

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