[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Chellybean

After speaking to Pat Breedan, Adam Dodge and Bob Seimer of the Sumter County police department, they realize there are problems with Over medicated, drunken drivers and just careless morons. I get the same answer, the Sumter County police is under staffed and not enough resources.
Captain Siemer and Sqt. Dodge are avid riders in the villages also.
I have seen presents of police golf cart north of 466 on the multiuse path once by Sqt. Dodge 4 months ago, but never seen them south of 466. I was also told that due to the multiuse path being on Villages private property that their authority is limited unless there is an accident or drunken or impaired driver. Folks have your head on a swivel my husband has been hit twice in the last 5 years!
Stay Safe

I would like to ask the question........why IS the Sumter County Police Department understaffed? When the Villages can put up some of America's largest Christmas trees at all the squares. And WHY do all the roundabouts have to be adorned with annual flowers (with their HIGH upkeep costs) instead of perennials flowers or bushes? In general, The Villages are more about FORM than FUNCTION and that is a BIG problem. And that is WHY the Police in the whole Villages are understaffed. I guess i answered my own 1st question.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Arctic Fox

I think I need to stay indoors to stay alive!

I was out running this morning along a residential street, on the left, facing oncoming traffic, when a lady in a golf cart maintained her speed and position along the edge of the road, forcing me to jump into a neighbor's garden.

I guess she had forgotten she had a steering wheel.

A cyclist going the other way made some amusing comment about the driver, so maybe she has seen it all before, too.

Imagine how much worse it would have been had you been jogging WITH traffic.

[Kenswing]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

I would like to ask the question........why IS the Sumter County Police Department understaffed? When the Villages can put up some of America's largest Christmas trees at all the squares. And WHY do all the roundabouts have to be adorned with annual flowers (with their HIGH upkeep costs) instead of perennials flowers or bushes? In general, The Villages are more about FORM than FUNCTION and that is a BIG problem. And that is WHY the Police in the whole Villages are understaffed. I guess i answered my own 1st question.

Hilarious as usual. Thanks. I needed a good laugh today.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Perhaps, since this means so much and gets your undies all in a bunch, consider this. Apply and get accepted at the police academy, then join the force in your local jurisdiction, hang out on the street upon which you live and give out all the tickets you like. Be sure to nail all those golf carts going 20.1 mph

I learned some things from this thread. Such as that the Sumter Co. police dept. is UNDERSTAFFED. I SUSPECTED that, but was unsure. Understaffed Police seem to make for a bad combination when mixed with elderly people in dense communities driving DRUNK after nightly entertainment events. Another problem with understaffed Police is that The Villages are a potential soft target for insurrection violence.