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.

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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

 

COUNTERFEIT MONEY DETECTION

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IDENTITY THEFT

IDENTITY THEFT INFORMATION LINK

 

FREE CREDIT REPORT LINK
or 877-333-8228

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
www.annualcreditreport.com

 

 

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
 

 

 

DANGEROUS BEES  - Bees cause death in Okeechobee 04/08
 

 

 

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