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LAKELAND, FL (July 4, 2021) - On Sunday, July 4, 2021, shortly after midnight, uniform patrol officers responded to the Mobil gas station located at 1615 West Memorial Boulevard in reference to a shooting. On scene, officers located a 34-year-old male victim with multiple gunshot wounds. Officers immediately began securing the scene and rendering aid until emergency medical res ...

LAKELAND, FL (July 1, 2021) | Contractors working for the City of Lakeland will begin milling 10^th street from Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard West to Kathleen Road on July 6^th 2021 at 8:00 a.m.

LAKELAND, FL (June 26, 2021) - On Friday, June 25, 2021, at approximately 6:27 p.m., officers responded to a traffic crash near the 1600 block of East Memorial Boulevard and Interlachen Parkway. Just prior to the crash, a Chevrolet Cobalt sedan was traveling westbound on East Memorial Boulevard. As the driver was attempting to negotiate the left curve of the roadway, they lost ...

LAKELAND, FL (June 25, 2021) | The City of Lakeland Public Works Department / Construction and Maintenance Division will be constructing a streetscape enhancement project on the south side of Main Street from Tennessee Avenue to Kentucky Avenue.

LAKELAND (June 12, 2021) -  On Friday, June 11, 2021, a Polk County Grand Jury indicted John Ward Smith, of Lakeland, in connection with a homicide that occurred in the area of West Crawford St. in Northwest Lakeland on April 10, 2021. Smith, age 37, was charged with one count of First Degree Murder. Smith was already in custody and has been held in the Polk County Jail since A ...

LAKELAND, FL (June 11, 2021) | The City of Lakeland has launched an updated mobile app as just another way to connect with citizens. The app is now available in the Apple iTunes app store and the Android Google Play store. The app is full of features allowing citizens to access the City to find the latest news, information on events, report an issue and view live meetings with the touch of a button. The newest feature allows citizens to submit an idea on ways to improve City services. Users can easily find the app by searching lakelandgov in the app stores.

Captain Steven Pacheco was promoted to Assistant Chief of Police commanding the Neighborhood Services Bureau; Lieutenant Tye Thompson was promoted to Captain and assigned the Special Operations Division Command. Sergeant LeRon Strong was promoted to Lieutenant and elevated to the Officer in Charge position in the Office of Professional Standards. Detectives Laura Dunn and Mat ...

LAKELAND, FL (June 8, 2021) | City Manager Shawn Sherrouse appointed Brian Rewis as Interim Director of Community & Economic Development. Sherrouse said, “As the Assistant Director, Brian is intimately familiar with the responsibilities of the Department, and he is an advocate for our customers and the citizens we serve. During his 18-year tenure with the City of Lakeland, he has worked his way up in the Department, and I have full confidence that he will continue to provide the highest levels of public service.”

LAKELAND, FL (June 4, 2021) | The City of Lakeland’s Division of Solid Waste is starting a new program where a Recycling Superstar will be named each quarter. Starting later this month, recycling truck drivers will get together to identify a specific household on their route that does everything right with their recycling.  

LakelandPD is reminding drivers about the lifesaving benefits of wearing a seat belt, during the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) national Click It or Ticket high-visibility enforcement effort. The national seat belt campaign, which coincides with the Memorial Day holiday, runs from May 24 to June 6, 2021. During ...