Sheriff’s Office Clean Sweep Today In 9½ Mile Road Area

July 16, 2015

The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is conducting a Clean Sweep in the 9½ Mile Road area this morning.

The Clean Sweep will begin at the the Milestone Baptist Church at 3800 Pine Forest Road at 8:00. Volunteers are welcome.

The focus of “Operation Clean Sweep” is to work with Neighborhood Watch groups, residents, churches and business owners to control and prevent the damaging effects of criminal activity, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

A traffic checkpoint will be conducted and the mounted unit, as always will be on hand to assist.

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3 Responses to “Sheriff’s Office Clean Sweep Today In 9½ Mile Road Area”

  1. No Excuses on July 16th, 2015 2:32 pm

    I see road prison work crews working along the roads quite frequently during my travels to and from work. Our inmates also (federal) do road and grounds work on the military bases as well. I think our county is so big now that it requires all kinds of extra effort just to keep it picked up. ECUA leaves trash all over the place after it picks up on Monday. I’ve complained to no avail. Also – folks driving pick up trucks throw trash in the back knowing it will fly out so that they don’t have to take care of it. Sad and lazy.

  2. Bob B on July 16th, 2015 11:51 am

    I see prisoners working along side the roads all the time, including this morning on my way to work.

  3. Bob C. on July 16th, 2015 7:51 am

    As a kid we’d be driving and see the groups of county prisoners working the sides of the road doing pick up of trash and also cutting the weeds and grasses.
    What happened to the use of nearly free labor to do these tasks for the public good?

    Mom would say that if we didn’t respect the law and go to school to get an education that we’d end up working with the prisoners.
    Guess that worked….didn’t take us long to make the connection of where we did not want to be.

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