Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Public Safety
The Pasco Sheriff's Office published a back-to-school safety advisory on Aug. 3 warning Land O' Lakes and Lutz families that fake school threats can bring felony charges and that popular first-day-of-school social media posts can expose children to predators.
Public Safety
The Hillsborough TPO completed its largest-ever traffic count effort this spring with 281 stations, including 81 tracking pedestrians and cyclists, and the resulting data will directly shape which road, trail, and safety projects get funded in unincorporated Land O' Lakes, Odessa, and Lutz.
Public Safety
Surveillance cameras captured a suspect breaking into vehicles in the Mirada community of San Antonio just after midnight on July 29, the latest in a county-wide spike in auto burglaries that the Pasco Sheriff's Office is warning Land O' Lakes and Lutz residents about.
Public Safety
FDOT has begun a $1.4 million safety project to install a traffic signal at U.S. 41 and Lake Patience Road in Land O' Lakes, the main route to Oakstead Elementary and a popular bypass for the congested SR-54/US-41 corridor.
Public Safety
Hillsborough County Fire Rescue and aging services officials warned about 100 seniors on Monday, July 20, that even a few days of poor diet during a hurricane can trigger medical emergencies for older adults with diabetes or high blood pressure, and urged them to stock heart-healthy, high-fiber foods.
Public Safety
Hillsborough County Fire Rescue paramedics reached two ambushed deputies in seven minutes and airlifted them to Tampa General Hospital in 33 minutes on Thursday, July 16, with Sheriff Chad Chronister crediting fire rescue for saving their lives.
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