[Shipping up to Boston]

Originally Posted by Blueblaze

Love it! Hope Sumter County gets the message. Because it doesn't do us any good for the Legislature to give us a law if the cops won't enforce it.

For instance --

The day I bought my fully furnished rental property, I drove straight from the closing to my new property and discovered the previous owner in my living room stealing my TV. The TV from the master bedroom was already in the back of their Mercedes SUV in my driveway. Both TV's were listed on the inventory for the sale.

We had words, of course, and then I called 911. I told the dispatcher at the Sumter County Sheriff's department that I was experiencing a home invasion and burglary and the thief was standing right in front of me. I asked if I should I hold them at gun point until they arrived. You'd think that would be enough to roll a patrol car, but instead, the dispatcher wanted to know the circumstances. The moment I mentioned "closing" she told me to take it up with my closing agent and warned me against holding them.

So if our sheriff doesn't enforce the existing laws against home invasion and burglary, why would they treat a new law against squatting any differently?

I see the day when my alarm alerts me by phone that someone has broken into the house during the summer when it's un-occupied. A few minutes later, the Sheriff calls and tells me the guy who kicked in my door has a signed lease in his hand, notarized by someone named "Guzman" from "Sinaloa Cartel Migrant Services Company", so would I mind turning off the alarm so my new "tenants" can get some sleep?

Cant speak to your situation specifically but be assured Grady will be the standard all other sheriff's will have to follow. No excuses now