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Community Response Unit (CRU)

Our Community Response Unit (CRU) was created to solve problems that arise in the community. CRU focuses on establishing and maintaining direct community contacts to foster grassroots partnerships to address and resolve quality of life issues.

The five branches of CRU are Community Outreach, Community Policing, Crime Prevention, Construction Special Investigations and Animal Cruelty Task Force.

Crime Prevention focuses on educating and training our community through programs, partnerships and initiatives. Community Policing establishes community safety teams at providing service and support through interaction and effective communication with homeownersโ€™ associations.

For more information please contact us at 239-477-1CRU (1278) or CRU@sheriffleefl.org.

SHERIFF CARMINE MARCENO

Sheriff Carmine Marceno created the Community Response Unit as part of his initiative to enhance community engagement throughout Lee County.

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Please be advised two westbound lanes of Bonita Beach Rd are closed near Imperial Pkwy due to a water main break.

Motorists are encouraged to avoid the area & seek an alternate route.

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3 Oct

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Be advised, there was a crash at the intersection of Coconut Rd and Old Meadowbrook Blvd. At this time, only one lane of Coconut Dr in both directions are open.

Please use caution & seek an alternate route, if possible.

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1 Oct

#teamLCSOโ€™s SWAT TEAM took home FIRST PLACE this past Saturday at the ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐•๐ˆ ๐’๐–๐€๐“ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž in Highlands County. Letโ€™s Go BOYS ๐Ÿซก๐Ÿฆพโญ๏ธ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ

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Lee County Sheriff's Office

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Lee County Sheriff's Office
๐ŸšจTRAFFIC ADVISORY๐Ÿšจ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐ŸšจDue to a water main break, traffic on Orange River Blvd. is currently affected. In an effort to maintain two lanes of traffic, both NB and SB traffic are being re-routed to the SB side. At this time, there is no estimated timeline for repairs. Lee County DOT and Utilities are on site working on the issue. As rush hour is quickly approaching, we ask all motorists to exercise caution as you navigate the area and please be patient while the county works to repair the affected area. ... See MoreSee Less

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Sheriff Carmine Marceno interviewed with Gulf Coast News regarding LCSOโ€™s ongoing efforts to crack down on motorists causing havoc on our roadways. Operation Wild Wheels is a multi-layered approach utilizing personnel from Traffic and Patrol, who team up alongside drone operators, Aviation, and our Real Time Intelligence Center, to show reckless drivers we mean business. โ€œIt doesnโ€™t matter what youโ€™re driving. ATVโ€™s, vehicles, motorcycles, you name it. If youโ€™re operating in a reckless manner, weโ€™re not going to take it anymoreโ€ฆYou WILL be targeted, and youโ€™re going to jail!โ€ โ€” Sheriff Carmine Marceno.#SoLongSuperSpeeders#OperationWildWheels#ByeByeBurnouts ... See MoreSee Less

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Lee County Sheriff's Office

6 hours ago

Lee County Sheriff's Office
๐’๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐’๐ž๐ž๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐‹๐ฎ๐œ๐ค๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ŸŽฐ Earlier this week, deputies were informed of a wanted subject, identified a ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฌ Justin Taveras, who was inside of an arcade on Beau Drive in North Fort Myers. A quick search by deputies found that Taveras had an active warrant for being in possession of a firearm as a convicted felon. When deputies responded to the arcade, Taveras immediately exited the building and fled the area in a vehicle. Deputies attempted to initiate a traffic stop on the vehicle, but Taveras accelerated to a high rate of speed. He was then seen pulling into a hotel on North Cleveland Avenue, where he exited the vehicle and ran into the hotel. With the assistance of our k9 deputies, we secured the area and began to search for Taveras throughout the property. Taveras was located hiding in a hallway tucked behind an ice machine. While being detained, deputies located a pill bottle with various forms of narcotics in his possession. Taveras was charged with ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ซ, ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž, ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฎ๐š๐ง๐š, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ . ... See MoreSee Less

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Lee County Sheriff's Office

9 hours ago

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๐Ÿ‘€In case youโ€™re wonderingโ€ฆ The answer is ๐ฒ๐ž๐ฌ. #๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐‹๐‚๐’๐Ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ญ. Check out Crisis Care K-9โ„ข Rollie enjoying a stroll on this ๐๐Ž๐Ž-๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ Wednesday morning.๐Ÿ‘ป23 more days โ€˜til Halloween!๐Ÿ‘ป ... See MoreSee Less

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Recently, Corporal Aaron Eubanks attended the 40th Annual National Mounted Police Colloquium, held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY. 150 horse and rider teams gathered from all over the country and Canada, for training and 2 days of competition.Our very own Corporal Eubanks and his horse Maximus, placed in the following events:3rd place in Equitation4th place in Uniform Inspection5th place in Team Obstacles, teaming up with Sheryl Anderson from the Hillsborough County Sheriffโ€™s Office Posse.Join us in congratulating Corporal Eubanks and Maximus on yet another job well done this year! ๐Ÿ‡๐ŸŒŸ๐Ÿ† ... See MoreSee Less

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This suspect thought he could hit the jackpot by running from deputiesโ€ฆ but luck ran out fast. ๐Ÿ’จ After fleeing an arcade and hiding behind an ice machine, Justin Taveras was caught thanks to sharp deputies and our K9 Unit. The only prize he won? Seven criminal charges. ๐Ÿš”
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