LINKS TO OTHER HELPFUL WEB SITES
This web page is established for those who would like to research the Lake Placid area, and for those who would like to learn of crime statistics in the Highlands County and Lake Placid area. There are also some links that are intended to help consumers.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE WEBSITES
AMERICAS MOST WANTED
AVON PARK POLICE DEPARTMENT
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE - LAKE PLACID
CRIME PREVENTION
CRIME STOPPERS
FBI TEN
MOST WANTED
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT (City/County Crime Statistics 2003)
FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS OFFENDER SEARCH
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
FLORIDA STATE STATUTES ON LINE
HIGHLANDS
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
HIGHLANDS COUNTY GOVERNMENT
HIGHLANDS COUNTY CLERK OF COURT
HSMV (Department Highway Safety and Motor
Vehicles) (For individual forms click links below)
MEDICAL REPORTING FORM
(To report person medically/mentally/physically unfit to drive.
SEXUAL PREDATORS FDLE WEB SITE
SEXUAL PREDATORS
LAKE PLACID / ZIP CODE 33852 AREA (October 2005)
RUN A
CRIMINAL HISTORY ON A PERSON
CONSUMER ASSISTANCE SITES
Florida Department of
State - Division of Library Services
Better Business Bureau (Where you can check
out numerous businesses or file
a complaint regarding a particular business.)
NATIONAL "DO NOT CALL"
REGISTRY
MORE "DO NOT CALL" DATA
IDENTITY THEFT
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IDENTITY THEFT INFORMATION
LINK
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There are two links provided in
this section to web sites that are helpful for those suspecting they are a
victim of identity theft. Be suspicious of any one wanting
personal information about you. We encourage you to automatically run
an annual free credit check on yourself to determine that you have
authorized the credit lines that are active under your name.
You are entitled to an annual
free credit report.
Click on the link at left to go to the web page or cut and paste the link |
HEALTH ISSUES
PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS PLANNING
HIGHLANDS COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
FRAUD
PRICE
GOUGING REPORTS
Report price gouging for investigation. You may also contact the police
department provided you live in Lake Placid.
RUN A CRIMINAL HISTORY ON
A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE
A criminal history can be obtained via
the above location. If using the applicant's name the requestor
should make sure via the employment application that all previous names are
known. Public records services
ACCURINT PUBLIC RECORD
SERVICE or Securint which can be accessed
through the Accurint web site, can shed some light on previous names used by an
applicant. Fingerprint cards can be obtained through FDLE to
enable criminal history request using fingerprints of an applicant rather just
using their names. Credit checks can be obtained through one of the credit
data services listed on the
"Identity Theft Information"
section above.
RUN A
CRIMINAL HISTORY ON A PERSON
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE COPS OFFICE PREVENTATIVE BULLETINS
This site has several well researched
brochures regarding various aspects of crime that we are concerned with in
Lake Placid. The site has downloadable essays on Graffiti, Financial
Crimes Against the Elderly, Combating Speeders, Boom Boxes, Business Burglaries,
and more.
LAKE PLACID AND AREA WEBSITES
LAKE PLACID CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE
HOMETOWN NETWORK
HIGHLANDS COUNTY GOVERNMENT
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