Police, Fire and Courts

Three former or current members of a biking committee on the island who have had riding accidents involving vehicles. In 2008, there was just one reported car-versus-bicycle collision on the Island. But that number has climbed each year to 10 ...

Marco Island Fire Chief Mike Murphy told City Council Tuesday the department’s fire-rescue boat was putting firefighters’ lives at risk. He also told them the equipment was not adequate for future rescue and fire incidents and would be decommissioned.

Six months after former Collier County Sheriff Don Hunter was sworn in as Marco Island's police chief, the question of how is he doing, is joined by another – how long will he be doing it?

Detective Glenn Zirgibel was awarded 2011 Officer of the Year on Friday. It was the second time he received the honor in his nine years on Marco’s police force. He also was named Officer of the Year in 2006. The ...

The stroke of a pen will improve exponentially emergency medical services provided by firefighters on Marco Island. City Council learned Monday that Fire Chief Mike Murphy received a letter, preceding a formal agreement, permitting the island’s fire engines to carry ...

When a Marco Island man discovered another man calling his wife's phone, he lured him to his house and attacked him with a bat, according to Marco police.

Preserving self-determination was the overriding outcome of an investigative study handed over to the Isles of Capri Fire Advisory Board Friday night. The report summarized work by the Isles of Capri Budgetary and Operational Investigative Committee. The committee formed to ...

Juanita “Jane” Trejo-Beverly of North Naples testified Friday she’d been terminated from her real estate job Dec. 14, while on jury duty at the county courthouse.

A citizens' group in Isles of Capri is moving toward formalizing its role to analyze the community's fire district budget and operations.

Commissioners Jim Coletta and Donna Fiala have asked that commissioners have a discussion Tuesday to consider the possibility of a workshop in January between the commissioners, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and the fire chiefs of North Naples Fire Department, the ...

Agency leaders – most notably those in the North Naples Fire Control and Rescue District and Collier EMS — have long clashed over the role of firefighters in medical emergencies. It's not that way in King County, Wash., or Broward ...

Marco Island Fire-Rescue crews responded to a grease fire call at McDonald’s on Collier Boulevard at lunchtime Thursday.

Residents of Isles of Capri want Fire Chief Emilio Rodriguez back. An angry group of more than 80 citizens confronted Dan Summers, director of Collier County’s Bureau of Emergency Services, Tuesday, to call for the chief’s reinstatement. During the Isles ...

“Certainly, putting three people in the back of a vehicle who are all combative is not a good idea,” said Chief Don Hunter, who took over this summer. “You don’t strike persons who are handcuffed or who aren’t representing a ...

The number of citations issued each year in Southwest Florida is on the decline, and while the direct cause is unknown, local law enforcement officials believe it's a combination of pinching pennies and more awareness that drove the tickets down ...