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The “Move Over” law in Florida states you must leave an empty lane between you and emergency vehicles or, if you can’t, slow down at least 20 MPH below the speed limit.

To help remind you of the law, the Lakeland Police Department will be out in force from 7:30 am to 3:00 pm today to help educate drivers in the following areas:

• The Polk County Parkway.

• Harden Blvd between Beacon Road and Lakeside Village Shopping Center.

• South Road 98 (Bartow Highway) between Edgewood Drive and South Crystal Lake Drive.

According to LPD, “Violators of this law will be stopped and given literature and anything from a verbal warning to a uniform traffic citation.”

There is still crime in Lakeland and we’re still making crime maps over at Lakeland Local. This week we’ve added a subscription service to all our crime maps. Oh, next week we’re debuting some new crime maps.

Full Page LakelandLocal.com Crime Map - 01/21 to - 01/27

There is still crime in Lakeland and we’re still making crime maps over at Lakeland Local. This week we’ve added a subscription service to all our crime maps. Oh, next week we’re debuting some new crime maps.

Full Page LakelandLocal.com Crime Map - 01/21 to - 01/27

It was a slow week for Lakeland Local, but not Lakeland crime: Lakeland Florida Crime Map - 01/14 to 01/20

There’s crime afoot in Lakeland, and we have the full page map: Lakeland Florida Crime Map - 01/07 to 01/13

Lakeland Police reported today that during a landlord tenant dispute a K-9 bit a 14 year-old girl. The incident at 1440 1/2 N Lincoln Ave was described in a LPD press release.

K-9 Officer Ted Sealey was present on the scene and speaking to a citizen when the citizen gestured and made contact with Officer Sealey’s uniform shirt pocket. Officer Sealey keeps his canine deployment device in this pocket. The deployment device allows the vehicle door to automatically open to deploy the K-9. The citizen contact caused the deployment door to activate and Officer Sealey’s K-9 partner was released from the police vehicle. The K=9, Bodo, instinctively reacted as trained to protect Officer Sealey and bit a 14 year old girl who was standing next to Officer Sealey.

As the time of the press release, the girl was at Lakeland Regional Medical Center being treated for minor injuries.