May 11, 2012 “FMPD to Host Memorial” On Monday, May 14th at 6:00 a.m. the Fort Myers Police Department will host a candlelight vigil honoring Fort Myers Police Officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty. The ceremony coincides with National Police Week, May 13th – 19th, a time when the entire [...]
READ MORE »LEGAL ISSUES OF PUBLIC SAFETY SEMINAR
Lee County Emergency Management will be sponsoring a FREE One-Day Seminar on Legal Issues of Public Safety and Community/Responder Collaborations. This seminar will take you on a legal trip from “the scene” to the courtroom for police and sheriff departments’ officers & commandstaff,fire fighters (including line & administration officers), EMS (firstresponders, EMT’s and paramedics), emergency [...]
READ MORE »Lee sergeant completes walk to capital, raises more than $40K
Holly Reed stood across from the parking lot where her husband was killed, describing the scene to a stranger. In January 2010, a murder suspect led cops on a chase to rural Cross City, about 100 miles southeast of Tallahassee. At a gas station, he opened fire on police. A 9mm bullet hit Dixie County [...]
READ MORE »2012 SAO Softball Tournament
On Saturday May 5th, 2012, local teams competed in State Attorney’s 20th Circuit 10th Annual Law Enforcement Softball Tournament in support of Crime Stoppers. Team candids are posted below. Congratulations Collier Co. S.O. who won the Upper Division and to Clewiston P.D./Glades S.O. who won the Lower Division More team pictures will be posted as they are [...]
READ MORE »FMPD releases crime prevention app
Stopping crime before it starts – now there’s an app for that. The Fort Myers Police Department unveiled a new app that allows people to send anonymous tips to officers. Police officers are hoping residents will use their fingers to help them fight crime. “It kind of takes a combination of everything that we do [...]
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