Floral City bank robbed

I dont know you form Adam or Eve, but I love your point of veiws. You are right on! CCSO is ran by the biggest idiot in town. There are way more than enough deputys. Esp. in Crystal River. How can one say that there are not enough cops? Hello?! The must not drive down 44 or 19. If they took that money that they are buying fancy undercover cars with and used to it train their deputies better and elect a new sheriff than maybe the crime would cease. majority of the criminals only commit crimes around here becasue they hate our justice system soooo much!

Inverness is now down to six officers. Back in the 1960's that's right, 1960's we had more than 6 officers assigned to the City of Inverness. The City cut back it's funding this year and we have less officers than 40+ years ago. That's when kids drove pick up trucks to school with shotgun's hanging in the back window and crime seldom occured. Now we have to have AR15 assault rifles and Deputies have to train for active shooters.... times have sure changed and we have to wake up around here and get our act together with law enforcement and fire rescue.

We have a lot of violent crime here now, no denying it and we need to wake up and handle it properly. Why do we read articles by the CCSO that says crime is down and nothing more than feeding the alligators is the norm? Why is so much crime not reported properly and played down? Is it politics? You darn right it is.

Look at the poor old lady who died recently in the fire in Inverness, the only responding deputies were a Sgt. who works 8-5 assigned out of CCSO main building and the city of Inverness Community officer who works 8-5 out of City Hall office. God bless both of them for risking their lives for trying to save here life, but I am mad as heck that when I saw that no patrol deputies on the road responded only office personel. Are we that short?
Also 20 minutes to respond to a man holding down a nurse with a loaded gun at CMH in the center of Inverness. Is that an adequate responce time for being in the middle of town in the day time?

Sheriff Dawsy has publicly announced how safe you are in Citrus County! Well, We all know how he creates his own truths! Wonder what he had to say to Taylor, undercover cop, and Alexander, crime scene investigator when he arrived at the scene Thursday? What kind of questions were these guys asking? What a crappy description....it could match a lot of people! Was there no video evidence? Did the bank have any security cameras even on the ATM? Dawsy wants the publics help but, don't want to release any info. If he'd release a little bit and hold some back maybe the public can help catch these guys. Dawsy doesn't really want our help because he needs to look like he is at the top of his game and that's all it is.....a game. Don't hate the players hate the game! While Sheriff Dawsy is out promoting this safe haven in Florida, business are being robbed and he should be expecting more in this economy! Drugs get more of Dawsy's attention then do other more softer crime does! Of course, the state and the CCSO makes more money off of drug crime because these people are repeat offenders. Users and dealers both re-offend because this is a vicious cycle. Dealers like the money and the users like the high! What is Dawsy going to do when Florida legalizes marijuanna? How is he going to finance his empire? So, when is he going to consider ending the harassment of businesses and residents? When is he going to take the safety of the community as his first priority because you're not as safe as he says and it is going to get worse before it gets any better? People outside of Citrus County look at us as a community of inbreeds! They believe businesses and banks are easier marks because of lack of patrols, separate police departments, over abundance of elderly people, and with the lack of growth throughout this county it is an ideal place to hide and escape. Why do you think they picked Floral City? It's way out in no mans land and it's 15 minutes to the Sumter line or Hernando County line! CCSO hardly ever patrols out that way during the daytime and there isn't much traffic. Why this day? Because one, it was a cold morning and clothing wouldn't be noticed as much, and two, the cold weather probably kept customers at home until after it warmed up and three it's getting close to Christmas and some people don't have money. Crime always rises the closer it gets to Christmas and New Year. Crime rises, also, around other holidays, too!

In fact, several months ago I urged readers to take precautions against an ever rising crime rate because the Citrus County Board doesn't want to create jobs here in Citrus and when they do they are minimum wage jobs that a single person cannot live off of. Along with this fact, many Republican Florida business owners have put a freeze on hiring anyone until Obama is replaced. How stupid can people really be out there? Apparently really stupid because they are out there doing this stuff which is putting the country in greater jeopardy than their own hate! Citrus County has a high unemployment rate and offers no basic industry in the area with above average income. Therefore, this is creating a perfect storm for crime! I warned readers early in the year of this disatrous epidemic that is plaguing our county! Many people are out of work, and this is not counting neighboring counties, which is causing a spike in welfare applications and unemployment filings. Therefore, many are getting turned down and some of these people don't have family close enough to help them out. They cannot afford their mortgages, they are out of a job, and they don't know what they are going to do next. So, what do they do? They turn to criminal activity to survive! Until, we can make major changes in our government and allow the President to do his job we will continue to see crime like this!