{"id":86865,"date":"2026-11-02T17:29:24","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T22:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=86865"},"modified":"2026-11-02T17:29:36","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T22:29:36","slug":"why-lakeland-commissioners-are-scrambling-to-upgrade-security-after-chilling-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/11\/02\/why-lakeland-commissioners-are-scrambling-to-upgrade-security-after-chilling-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Lakeland Commissioners Are Scrambling to Upgrade Security After Chilling Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"95897b\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"738\" height=\"414\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/images-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86866 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #95897b; aspect-ratio:1.7826559668651307;width:421px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/images-1.webp 738w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/images-1-300x168.webp 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The key takeaways from the discussion on security procedures include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Safety Concerns Raised:<\/strong> Stephanie Madden brought up security concerns following a statement made at the Oct. 19 meeting, where a man claimed to have hired private investigators to tail commissioners.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Proposed Training:<\/strong> Madden suggested holding an emergency drill, pointing out that newer commissioners missed past training sessions conducted while U.S. Rep. Scott Franklin was on the commission.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Current Status &amp; Legal Considerations:<\/strong> Mayor Sara Roberts McCarley noted that no formal security protocols currently exist despite discussions with law enforcement. She is working to establish guidance that prepares commissioners without compromising sensitive information or breaching Florida&#8217;s Sunshine laws.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The key takeaways from the discussion on security procedures include:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvbGFrZWxhbmRnYXpldHRlLmluZm9cL25ld3NcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzExXC9pbWFnZXMtMS53ZWJwIiwidHh0IjoiV2h5IExha2VsYW5kIENvbW1pc3Npb25lcnMgQXJlIFNjcmFtYmxpbmcgdG8gVXBncmFkZSBTZWN1cml0eSBBZnRlciBDaGlsbGluZyBDbGFpbXMiLCJ0ZW1wbGF0ZSI6ImRvaXMiLCJmb250IjoiIiwiYmxvZ19pZCI6MTYzMDQwNjYxfQ.MEUb25vmsr5wpu4CkyJYEXPeO9UEAc4HwpLEEWwJPh8MQ"},"version":2,"media_source":"sig","attached_media":[{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/jetpack.com\/redirect\/?source=sigenerate&query=t%3DeyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvbGFrZWxhbmRnYXpldHRlLmluZm9cL25ld3NcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzExXC9pbWFnZXMtMS53ZWJwIiwidHh0IjoiV2h5IExha2VsYW5kIENvbW1pc3Npb25lcnMgQXJlIFNjcmFtYmxpbmcgdG8gVXBncmFkZSBTZWN1cml0eSBBZnRlciBDaGlsbGluZyBDbGFpbXMiLCJ0ZW1wbGF0ZSI6ImRvaXMiLCJmb250IjoiIiwiYmxvZ19pZCI6MTYzMDQwNjYxfQ.MEUb25vmsr5wpu4CkyJYEXPeO9UEAc4HwpLEEWwJPh8MQ","type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[237,18894,15298,18900,18898,18897,18895,18896],"class_list":["post-86865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news","tag-lakeland","tag-city-commissioners","tag-local-government","tag-privacy-protocols","tag-safety-concerns","tag-sara-roberts-mccarley","tag-security-upgrade","tag-stephanie-madden"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86865"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86867,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86865\/revisions\/86867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}