Ahead of the 86th Annual Edison Festival of Light Grand Parade and following Wednesday’s tragedy in Kansas City, the Fort Myers Police Department has issued a statement:
“We want to assure the public that safety is our top priority for the upcoming 86 th Annual Edison Festival of Lights Grand Parade. Our police department has implemented comprehensive security measures to ensure a safe and enjoyable event for all attendees. We will have increased law enforcement presence along the parade route, as well as intelligenceย and various security measures in place. We encourage everyone to remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity to law enforcement. We are committed to working closely with event organizers and our community to make this a successful and safe celebration. Your safety is our concern, and we are dedicated to ensuring a secure environment for all.”
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office has also posted and issued the following statement:
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐พ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐โ๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ช๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ช๐๐ ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ซ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ง๐จ, ๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐๐จ, ๐ฝ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ผ๐ซ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฎ ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐จ. ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ฉ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐ค๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ, ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐จ๐ฉ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ซ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐พ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง. ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ช๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐๐ก๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐จ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฎ.