Sources: City of Lakeland, Lakeland PD, Lakeland Fire Department, Commissioner Agenda C-1-A, Current and Former Employees and Current and Former neighbors.
LAKELAND PUBLIC SAFETY COST DATA in 2025
Police: Estimated $100 per service call, 5,084 calls (SURROUNDING AREA (½ MILE) Total = $508,000 estimated annual cost
Fire: Estimated $85 per service call, 367 calls at TALBOT HOUSE, Total = $31,195 cost at a single location with 2,234 calls (SURROUNDING AREA (½ MILE) Total = $190,000 estimated annual cost.
Does not include Polk County EMS costs, which remain under separate county jurisdiction. It’s $160.00 per transport x number of transports – we currently do not have this number.
COMBINED LAKELAND PUBLIC SAFETY COST IN 2025
Approximately $699,000 in total response costs based on documented 2025 activity paid by the taxpayers
Does not include Polk County EMS costs, which remain under separate county jurisdiction. It’s $160.00 per transport x number of transports – we currently do not have this number.
POLICE CALLS — TALBOT HOUSE 814 N. KENTUCKY AVENUE
From July 1, 2020, to July 1, 2025, 2,870 total calls Average of approximately 574 approximately yearly
Service Calls Included:
• 139 mental health calls
• 98 suicide-related calls
• 391 trespass calls
• 274 disturbances
• 195 suspicious persons
Criminal activity:
• 68 assaults
• 73 shoplifting
• 31 thefts
• 8 burglaries
• 4 robberies
POLICE CALLS — SURROUNDING AREA (½ MILE)
From July 1, 2020, to July 1, 2025, 68,322 total calls, approximately 37 calls per day
Service Calls Included:
• 1,175 drug violations
• 1,049 disturbances
• 822 mental health calls
• 597 assaults
• 246 domestic violence incidents
• 205 burglaries
• 72 shots fired
• 14 shootings
• 2 homicides
• 61 robberies
Does not include Polk County EMS costs, which remain under separate county jurisdiction. It’s $160.00 per transport x number of transports – we currently do not have this number.
Other TALBOT HOUSE issues below:
According to recent data, there have been fires in the laundry room. The air conditioner needs to be replaced. It was maintained with basically band-aid repairs.
There was mold and mildew in the dorms areas. Maria Cruz, the executive director of Talbot House Ministries told the maintenance team to paint over it. So many residents got sick and were sent to the hospital by EMS with respiratory issues. EMS and hospital bills paid by the taxpayers!
There was a resident who lived in the fellowship building who died and lay there for 3 days until he was found. They didn’t get help from the right people to clean up the mess that was left behind. They just had maintenance clean-up the mess os bodily fluids.
Sources: City of Lakeland, Lakeland PD, Lakeland Fire Department, Commissioner Agenda C-1-A, Current and Former Employees and Current and Former neighbors.