You can get a pretty good idea of the "crime" in and around TV by reading that online newspaper (AKA AsteriskAsteriskAsteriskAsteriskAsteriskAsteriskAs teriskAsterisk). It does an exhaustive job of covering crime in the area, mainly as clickbait for the trolls, but the content of what is reported is important. Story after story after story of petty shoplifting, DUI, inebriated Villagers getting lost on their way home from the squares, minor spats between neighbors, possession of a controlled substance, arrests for failure to pay traffic tickets, things like that. Now and again a real story about real crime sneaks in, but overwhelmingly the "crime" reported usually in glaring headlines in the aforementioned online newspaper is petty stuff. Usually very petty stuff. Stuff that, in places many of us hail from, would rate only a belly laugh from police if we even tried to report it.
The LEOs serving TV and surrounding area, in my opinion, do an outstanding job. They know who the troublemakers are and they keep the lid on tight. How many stories have we seen of this-or-that vehicle stopped by law enforcement, usually in the wee hours, for things like a broken taillight, improper turn, or (my particular favorite) stopping at a stop sign with the front tires ON instead of in back of the solid white line? The K-9 unit is called, the dog "alerts" to the possible presence of drugs, which is resonable suspicion--and sure enough, drugs are found and the perpetrator(s) arrested. I've seen that K-9 unit parked in back of Kilwin's at Spanish Springs a couple of times, both times when the square has been extremely busy. Nothing like being ready.
I've had a Florida permit to carry since shortly after we moved here but haven't felt the need to carry even once. Back home, particularly during the last five years or so before coming here, I carried routinely. We're extremely lucky here in TV with the law enforcement that we have.
|