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Category: Public Safety

Posted inPublic Safety

NBC’s Today: Lakeland DUI Case Highlights Police Using Social Media to Solve Crimes

by Barry Friedman October 13, 2015September 1, 2022

Source: Today on NBC

Posted inPublic Safety

Police: Young Woman’s Drunken Live Broadcast Highlights DUI Dangers

by Barry Friedman October 12, 2015August 9, 2022

Video of a 23-year-old Lakeland woman who live-broadcast her drunken drive home from a bar offers scary lessons on the perils of getting behind the wheel after drinking, a Lakeland Police spokesman said.

Posted inPublic Safety

Lakeland Man Charged With DUI Manslaughter in Accident That Killed Plant City Mom

by Barry Friedman October 9, 2015October 31, 2022

Source: TBO.com

Posted inCity Hall, Public Safety

LPD’s Dinges Deserves Back Pay, Labor Department Rules

by Barry Friedman October 7, 2015October 31, 2022

Source: The Ledger

Posted inPublic Safety

Professor Charged in Husband’s Attempted Murder

by Barry Friedman October 5, 2015August 9, 2022

Cherry Olds, a Polk State College information systems professor, has been charged with trying to murder her husband, James Olds, a paraplegic Multiple Sclerosis patient who spent two decades as the city of Lakeland’s safety director.

Posted inPublic Safety, Schools

Campus Security: FSC Trains for Shooting Scenario

by Barry Friedman October 3, 2015October 31, 2022

Source: 10 News

Posted inPublic Safety

Sheriff Investigates Theft of VA Drugs Bound for Lakeland Veterans

by Barry Friedman September 29, 2015October 31, 2022

Source: Tampa Bay Times

Posted inCity Hall, Public Safety

Deal Gives LPD’s Wolverton Back Pay But Not Full Officer Status

by Barry Friedman September 28, 2015October 31, 2022

Source: The Ledger

Posted inPublic Safety, Scenes

Video: Car Fire Along Bartow Highway

by Barry Friedman September 26, 2015August 9, 2022

A passerby shot video of a car on fire along Bartow Highway across from the Grove Park Shopping Center today, and reports that the driver was able to exit the car safely.

Posted inNeighborhoods, Public Safety

LPD Nabs 3-Legged Gator, Hauls It to Lake Hunter

by Barry Friedman September 26, 2015August 9, 2022

After being tipped off by a bicyclist, Lakeland Police officers apprehended a three-legged alligator along Missouri Avenue early this morning, shoved it into a police cruiser and released it into Lake Hunter. Video after the jump…

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