CCSO Invites Community To Run/Walk For Fun

WHAT: Collier County Sheriff’s Office 5K Run/Walk and Safety Fair

WHEN: Friday, May 22

TIME: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., safety fair

6:30 to 7:30 p.m., 5K run/ride and one-mile walk registration

8 p.m., opening ceremony

WHERE: Golden Gate Community Center, 4701 Golden Gate Parkway

SUMMARY: The Collier County Sheriff's Office, CCSO’s Golden Gate Road Patrol and the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 14 invite residents and visitors to join in on the fifth annual 5K fun run and walk.

The event will feature presentations by CCSO’s Crime Prevention, Aviation, Bomb Squad, K9, Mounted Patrol and SWAT bureaus. Kids will also have a chance to try out their climbing skills on the CCSO rock wall.

The opening ceremony will feature a salute to fallen law enforcement officers.

Deputies will also discuss safety tips and serve free hot dogs, lemonade, snow cones, and popcorn to participants.

Registration starts at 6:30 p.m. followed by the 5K fun run/walk around 8:30 p.m. Participants will start at the community center, follow a route through nearby residential neighborhoods and finish at the community center.

The one-mile family walk will also start at 8:30 p.m.

Entry fee is a suggested $20 donation or $15 if you preregister online. Receive a free t-shirt if you register online by Friday, May 8. Proceeds will provide summer camp scholarships for at-risk youth. Don’t miss out on this educational and healthy family-fun event!

Visit www.runsignup.com/Race/FL/Naples/CCSOFunRunandsafetyFair to register. Click here for event flier.

For more information, contact the CCSO Golden Gate substation at 239-455-3121.

Prepare For Prom With Safety In Mind

With proms approaching, the Collier County Sheriff’s Office reminds teens and their parents to celebrate safely.

Deputies say it is important for parents, teens and party hosts to understand the laws in order to keep everyone safe.

Some parents host after-prom parties where alcohol is provided, thinking that they can better protect teens by supervising their drinking, and by keeping them from driving drunk. Deputies are warning parents and guardians that they will be held responsible if any underage drinking occurs on their property and they could be subject to criminal and civil sanctions.

Establishments that sell alcohol are reminded to ask patrons for ID. Underage sales and purchases could result in criminal prosecution.

CCSO offers these tips to help keep teens safe during prom:

* Communicate with your teens regularly and openly about alcohol and drugs.

* Communicate with other parents about your expectations and theirs.

* Discuss your expectations and rules for prom and graduation outings.

* Know who will be driving and what your teen’s plans are.

* Make sure your teen has a cell phone. Have pre-established times when your teen calls in to check in with you.

* Remind your teen not to use alcohol or drugs, or ride in a vehicle with anyone under the influence.

* Never provide alcohol or drugs to your teen or others.

* Remind your teen to buckle up when riding in a vehicle.

* Get involved by volunteering to supervise prom events.

* Don’t rent a hotel room for teens.

* Stay up until your teen gets home.

Regular and open communication between parents and teens can make a difference in preventing drunken driving, drug use, DUI accidents, and other destructive behavior. Take the time to give your teens the information and tools they need to stay safe.

CCSO Traffic Enforcement Spots

Monday, May 4:

Collier Boulevard and Golden Gate Parkway – Red-light running
Oil Well Road and Everglades Boulevard - Speeding
Immokalee Road and Logan Boulevard – Red-light running

Tuesday, May 5:

Vanderbilt Beach Road and Groves Road - Speeding
Thommasson Drive at Avalon Elementary School – Aggressive driving
Radio Road and Santa Clara Drive – Speeding

Wednesday, May 6:

Sunshine Boulevard and Golden Gate Parkway – Aggressive driving
Goodlette-Frank Boulevard and Solana Road - Speeding
U.S. 41 East and Lakewood Boulevard – Red-light running

Thursday, May 7:

Lely High School Boulevard at Lely High School – Aggressive driving
Radio Road and Industrial Boulevard – Red-light running
Airport-Pulling Road and Coach House Lane – Aggressive driving

Friday, May 8:

U.S. 41 North and Vanderbilt Beach Road – Red-light running
Collier Boulevard and Tower Road - Speeding
Golden Gate Boulevard at Big Cypress Elementary School - Speeding

CCSO Traffic Enforcement Spots

Monday, April 27:

Immokalee and Oil Well roads - Speeding
Estey Avenue and Lakewood Boulevard – Red-light running
Goodlette-Frank and Immokalee roads – Red-light running

Tuesday, April 28:

Santa Barbara Boulevard at Calusa Park Elementary – Aggressive driving
U.S. 41 East and Valley Stream Drive - Speeding
U.S. 41 North and Pelican Bay Boulevard - Speeding

Wednesday, April 29:

Radio and Livingston roads – Red-light running
Collier and Verona Walk boulevards - Speeding
Shadowlawn Drive at Shadowlawn Elementary School – Aggressive driving

Thursday, April 30:

Collier and Capri boulevards - Speeding
Orange Blossom Drive and Airport-Pulling Road – Red-light running
Logan Boulevard and Pine Ridge Road – Red-light running

Friday, May 1:

Naples Boulevard and Hollywood Drive – Aggressive driving
Immokalee Road and Gulf Coast High School – Aggressive driving
Pine Ridge Road at I-75 southbound exit – Aggressive driving

CCSO, Community To Give Voice To Crime Victims

WHAT: Take Back the Night event

WHEN: Wednesday, April 22

TIME: 4 to 6 p.m.

LOCATION: Project Help, 3123 Terrace Ave., East Naples

The Collier County Sheriff’s Office has teamed up with Project HELP to empower the victims of violent crimes during the third annual Take Back the Night event on Wednesday, April 22 at 3123 Terrace Ave.

Being subjected to violence is a harrowing experience that often inflicts both physical and emotional scars that can last a lifetime for the survivors.

CCSO and Project HELP are inviting the community to support survivors and give them confidence to move forward with their lives. An open microphone will allow survivors, their supporters and the general public to speak out against violence.

A clothesline project showcasing T-shirts designed by the survivors will be on display and the event will wrap up with a candlelight vigil. Admission is free.

For more information, contact Project HELP at 239.649.1404 or visit www.projecthelpnaples.org to learn about the services provided to survivors.

Address Update For Sexual Predator

Name: Jermaine L. Suain

Date of birth: Jan. 25, 1981

Description: Black male, 6 feet tall, 189 pounds, black/bald hair and brown eyes

Current address: 301 Wells Streets, Immokalee

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has notified the Collier County Sheriff’s Office that registered sexual predator Jermaine L. Suain currently resides at 301 Wells Street in Immokalee.

Suain is designated as a sexual predator pursuant to Section FSS 775.21. His qualifying offense is Sexual Battery by Adult/Victim Under 12, F.S.794.011(2).

Positive identification cannot be established unless a fingerprint comparison is made. If further information is needed, please contact the Collier County Sheriff’s Office Sex Offender/Predator Unit at 239.530.5699, or via e-mail at sexoffenderunit@colliersheriff.net. Or contact the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s Sexual Offender/Predator Unit at 1-888-FL-Predator (1-888-357-7332) from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. You may also go to the FDLE Sexual Predator/Offender website at http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/.

Free Child Car Seat Checkup Monday

Not sure if you’ve properly installed your child’s car seat? Have your car seat checked or fitted for free by a Collier County Sheriff’s Office child passenger safety technician Monday, April 13.

CCSO will participate in a child car seat safety inspection event in cooperation with Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida and SafeKids Lee/Collier counties from 9 a.m. to noon at the Collier County Health Department, 3339 U.S. 41 E., Bldg H, in the Collier County government complex in East Naples.

A certified CCSO car seat technician at the event will work with you to make sure your child is in the right seat and fitted properly, and that the seat is correctly installed in your vehicle.

Bilingual fitting technicians will be available.

Florida law requires parents to use a child restraint system. If children are not properly restrained while traveling in a vehicle, they could easily be injured in a collision or any other emergency situation.

A new Florida law went into effect Jan. 1, requiring a child to remain in a child restraint device, car seat or booster seat until their 6^th birthday. Formerly only children through age 3 had to be in child restraints. The statute does provide exceptions.

http://flsenate.gov/laws/statutes/2014/316.613

http://www.flhsmv.gov/safetytips/CPS.htm

Call 239.565.8371 for more information.