Fort Myers Council To Weigh Merging Police Department Into Lee County Sheriff's Office

Fort Myers News-Press, The News-Press
Thu, 05/06/2021 - 4:09pm

Fort Myers City Councilmember Fred Burson said that he wants to gauge whether combining the police departments would save taxpayers money.

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