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Old 08-28-2013, 04:12 AM
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The Villages is big - we span five political jurisdictions to some degree - so some services get 'murky'. The Villages is not incorporated so we do not have our own law enforcement agency. Depending on where you live, you may be served by the Lake County Sheriff (very little), the Marion County Sheriff (maybe 15% of The Villages) or the Sumter County Sheriff (the largest area) BUT in those portions of Lake County within the city limits of Lady Lake, the Lady Lake Police Department serves your law enforcement needs (that includes Spanish Springs Town Square). At the newest town square, Brownwood, that is in the city of Wildwood and is served by the Wildwood Police Department as is a small area surrounding the new square. The Villages does have it's own Public Safety Department (fire and paramedics) and works well in mutual aid situations with surrounding fire agencies. The fire department does respond on medical calls with paramedics but does not provide patient transport. Patient transport in Lake County is provided by Lake EMS under contract to the county government; patient transport in Marion County is provided by Marion County Fire/EMS; and patient transport in Sumter County is provided by Rural Metro Ambulance under contract to Sumter County government. It sounds disorganized but it is not, it works extremely well.
For the residents of the Villages of Silver Lake, Country Club Hills and Orange Blossom Gardens are these villages served by the Lady Lake Police Department or the Lake County Sheriff?