According to 10 Tampa Bay, officers raced to a neighborhood near Lake Gibson High School, in. If you’re sitting in traffic and it's being blocked, you need to step up and complain. Florida police officers were ambushed and came under gunfire following reports a baby had been shot. No matter what we do, it feels like we can’t win."įinally, Dugan called on residents to let civic leaders know they want law and order. “If we show up to people who are just merely exercising their first amendment rights, it turns into a clash and the police are the bad guys,” he said. He says some protesters have questioned why officers aren’t escorting them anymore. Two cops were shot in the Florida community of Kissimmee Friday night one was fatally injured and the other is in very grave condition according the Kissimmee Police. In addition, he said residents have complained about some protests blocking intersections and slowing down traffic.
“If we’re allowing them to take over the streets of downtown Tampa to exercise their first amendment rights, we’re allowing them to march through Hyde Park, where do we draw the line? One is a demonstration and one is a block party? This is the dilemma we’re in,” said Dugan. Two Miami-Dade police undercover detectives working a gang detail in Miamis Brownsville neighborhood were shot as they sat in their unmarked vehicle. He says the crowd early Saturday appeared to be a block party rather than a demonstration. He also spoke about the demonstrations that have been taking place around the city. Nobody has ours right now and that’s what I think is missing here. Dugan took the opportunity Monday for support from the community. Another officer was also injured.Īll of the officers involved are OK. Dugan said when Officer Charles Bourne was trying to take the suspect into custody, that person tried to take his gun and hit him in the face. There’s an element out there that our officers have never had to deal with,” said Dugan.Įarly Monday morning, two other officers were injured when responding to a report of items being stolen at the 7-Eleven at Hillsborough and Nebraska Avenues. "I’m very concerned, you never know when a crowd is going to turn on you. Two officers were injured and one of them was taken to the hospital for treatment. Officials say a gunman ambushed the officers Thursday. He described the situation as an ambush and said he believes the report of a shooting was a set-up to get police officers to go to that location. Gilchrist County in north Florida is mourning the loss of two sheriffs deputies in a double murder. The pressure that our police officers are under right now is incredible,” said Dugan during a news conference on Monday.ĭugan said the crowd of several hundred people blocked all four intersections and some jumped on a police car. Tampa officers injured in another incident Monday morning.One of the officers taken to hospital for treatment.
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