{"id":64858,"date":"2026-04-16T16:57:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T20:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=64858"},"modified":"2026-04-16T16:57:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T20:57:47","slug":"lakeland-fire-and-police-service-calls-on-talbot-house-and-the-surrounding-area-%c2%bd-mile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/04\/16\/lakeland-fire-and-police-service-calls-on-talbot-house-and-the-surrounding-area-%c2%bd-mile\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakeland Fire and Police Service calls on TALBOT HOUSE and the SURROUNDING AREA (\u00bd MILE)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sources<\/strong>: City of Lakeland, Lakeland PD, Lakeland Fire Department, Commissioner Agenda C-1-A, Current and Former Employees and Current and Former neighbors.<\/p>\n\n\n

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LAKELAND PUBLIC SAFETY COST DATA in 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police: Estimated $100 per service call, 5,084 calls (SURROUNDING AREA (\u00bd MILE) Total = $508,000 estimated annual cost<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 (\u00bd MILE) Total = $190,000 estimated annual cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0Does 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COMBINED LAKELAND PUBLIC SAFETY COST IN 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Approximately $699,000 in total response costs based on documented 2025 activity paid by the taxpayers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0Does 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.<\/p>\n\n\n

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POLICE CALLS \u2014 TALBOT HOUSE 814 N. KENTUCKY AVENUE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From July 1, 2020, to July 1, 2025, 2,870 total calls Average of approximately 574<\/strong> approximately yearly<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Service Calls Included:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 139 mental health calls<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 98 suicide-related calls<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 391 trespass calls<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 274 disturbances<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 195 suspicious persons<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Criminal activity:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 68 assaults<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 73 shoplifting<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 31 thefts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 8 burglaries<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 4 robberies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

POLICE CALLS \u2014 SURROUNDING AREA (\u00bd MILE)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From <\/strong>July 1, 2020, to July 1, 2025, 68,322 total calls, approximately 37 calls per day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Service Calls Included<\/strong><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 1,175 drug violations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 1,049 disturbances<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 822 mental health calls<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 597 assaults<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 246 domestic violence incidents<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 205 burglaries<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 72 shots fired<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 14 shootings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 2 homicides<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 61 robberies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0Does 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.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Other TALBOT HOUSE<\/strong> issues below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sources<\/strong>: City of Lakeland, Lakeland PD, Lakeland Fire Department, Commissioner Agenda C-1-A, Current and Former Employees and Current and Former neighbors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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