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Sheriff Says Bristol Park Event Will Jeopardize Public Welfare. It’s Not The Cantonment Bristol Park.
July 8, 2023
Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons has designated the Bristol Park of Escambia County as a “special event zone” ahead of a anticipated unsanctioned event on Sunday.
“This unsanctioned and unpermitted event is expected to host approximately 1,000 people,” the ECSO said. “We believe this unpermitted event will strain public safety resources, disrupt traffic flow, and jeopardize the public’s welfare.”
The designated area is around the Bristol Park, an Escambia County Parks and Recreation facility on Bristol Avenue at Michigan Avenue. It is not the Bristol Park subdivision along Bristol Park Road off County Road 97 in Cantonment.
“This statute provides for strict enforcement, allowing fines to be doubled and violating vehicles to be impounded. This will also allow the ECSO to pursue all legal means to recover costs and fees associated with providing supplemental law enforcement for this unpermitted and unsanctioned event from the promoter and/or organizer,” the agency said.
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10 Responses to “Sheriff Says Bristol Park Event Will Jeopardize Public Welfare. It’s Not The Cantonment Bristol Park.”
What a MESS….these things generally end with someone getting hurt/shot/stabbed and nobody saw-heard-knew nothing. They leave all manner of garbage and trash that ends up on Taxpayer dime to have cleaned away.
Thank You, Sheriff Simmons for stepping up early…..Be Safe LEO.
I love this forward thinking safety initiative. Great job Sheriff! BTW Sheriff Simmons, I’d love to watch more segments featuring Escambia County on COPS, shown on Fox Nation!
Well jack,,, You must have never seen one of these GATHERINGS.. Its wild west with drugs and more plus cars and trucks that will run you over.
Biggest issue I see is the offending cars and trucks will be 20 deep in a parking spot and police will need to tow 20 cars just to get the bad ones.
And they should lose their car for a week… And see a judge before getting it back. Sick of these problems that effect others and with no recourse against he offenders.
I am wagering 2 shootings and at least 5 fights IF this is allowed.
The last mayday party was about 2 miles away from my house and all I heard was gunshots and I almost ran someone over who was drunk in the middle of HiGHWAY 29! The traffic that was scrambling to leave was chaotic they just took over the wrong side of the road. Unsuspecting drivers had no idea and their were a lot of collisions.
And they always leave trash everywhere behind when they leave. Someone has to pay to have all that picked up. I see a lot of leftists complaining on the Facebook post about how it’s an oversteap it’s doesn’t seem like they’ve been to one of these bloc party’s and have seen the trash scattered everywhere. Doesn’t seem like they are thinking about the earth in this circumstance. They are most combative people just to be a problem and their logic doesn’t make sense.
@ Jack. There are different types of violations, ie., infractions, misdemeanors, and felonies. Infractions are non-criminal violations. Reckless driving is a criminal violation. Parking in the road is one example of a non-criminal infraction,
@Jack; It’s pretty obvious that you are not at all familiar with this fine neighborhood. If our sheriff is not pro-active in this case, there is a lot of potential for trouble. I wonder if anybody is taking odds on how many shootings, stabbings or other violence will happen as a result of this “unsanctioned, unpermitted event”?
need to enforce the sound making devises more. you stop at ared light and the car next to you (volume so high) that your car vibrates
I am very happy to see the Sheriff is doing his job! There’s a reason this large event did not receive a permit.
“A person who commits a non-criminal traffic infraction WILL HAVE his/her vehicle impounded”
Seems like ONE HECK of an overstep.