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Originally Posted by Bilyclub
To say that TV is getting a deal from Sumter County for law enforcement without any evidence is pretty far fetched. What about all the other unincorporated areas in the county? Are they freeloaders too? The Sumter County Sheriff’s presence in TV is pretty limited compared to police coverage in towns like Wildwood. Fruitland Park, and Lady Lake.
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Villages Wildwood residents from CDD’s 9,10,12,13 and 15 pay for the county sheriff and the local Wildwood PD. They have the Wildwood police department respond to their calls. However, their sheriff’s department responds to calls outside their very own
To say they don’t pay more than their fair share is FARFETCHED. They do have to pay for the augmented sheriffs’s staff required for those who don’t have a police department as well as their own local PD.
The total population of Wildwood is almost 20,000. The population of Sumter County is about 152,000. I would say their incorporated residents do have the unfair burden of paying for quite a few who pay nothing for municipal law enforcement.