Public Safety – Page 6

LPD Chief: Video proves officers used restraint in contentious arrest

One of the officers in Friday’s struggle with a suspect had been involved in the same man’s controversial videotaped 2022 arrest.

Security camera footage shows a man firing 15 rounds toward their passing SUV as a little girl watches.

Traffic was snarled for hours following the 3:25 p.m. Tuesday accident.

Eight of the police department’s 10 top officers, including the chief, are in the city’s Deferred Retirement Option Program.

Tickets are up 64% over the number given out in all of last year.

A couple visiting from Massachusetts died while crossing Florida Avenue at Imperial Boulevard; their daughter, 7, survived.

Lakeland Electric power outages peaked at 8,600 around 3 a.m., but were down to around 600 by late morning.

Wet and squally weather is expected in Lakeland on Sunday. The biggest risk is likely to be localized flooding.

Weeklong camp culminated in a murder investigation exercise and the “arrest” of two suspects.

All 511 buses are being equipped with cameras that start recording when the stop arm has been extended.