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6,100-unit development wins approval in Lake Wales, Polk County theledger.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theledger.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
“Adding these 24 cameras will equip, really, all the officers that regularly interact with the public,” City Manager James Slaton said. Lake Wales Police Chief Chris Velasquez said the first training session for implementation of the city s body camera pilot is scheduled for May 27. The city s officers will go live with the body cameras later in the summer. Initially it sounds easy to buy body cameras and set it up, Velazquez said. We have to make sure we have sufficient hands-on training. It seems like an easy task. It s something that needs to be practice and muscle memory for it to become effective. ....
3 incumbents lose their seats in Polk municipal elections Tuesday Three incumbents lost their seats in Tuesday s municipal election involving six cities in Polk. In Bartow, incumbent Commissioner James Clements was ousted in the election for at-large Seat 1, grabbing only 24.07% of the vote compared with 52.75% for the winner, Tanya Tucker. Sal Carter took 16.39% of the vote and Charlie Bittinger 6.8%. In Dundee, Commissioner Rukhsana Harper received 35.96% of the vote, losing to Mary Richardson with 64.04%. And in Lake Wales, incumbent Al Goldstein lost Seat 4 to challenger Kris Fitzgerald. The vote came down to a difference of only 32 ballots; Goldstein took 49.15% of the vote and Fitzgerald 50.85%. ....
Elections 2021: Meet the candidates for Lake Wales City Commission newschief.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newschief.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.