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Santa Rosa County Commissioners tabled a request Tuesday night that would have allowed law enforcement officials to trespass people if they were on county property after hours and were not conducting official county business.
County Administrator Dan Schebler said the request was made by State Attorney s Office officials who have encountered homeless people on county property at early or late hours who don t have official business being on the property. The county attorney and I were approached by law enforcement that operates out of our facility here 24/7, and they ve experienced both personally, and other staff have brought to their attention, experiences where they ve been approached by individuals who are not here on county business, Schebler told commissioners at Tuesday night s meeting. Either they were just not here for the right purposes, and they approached us and asked if the board would sign a letter proving the authority to warn, so basically provi