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Paradise with a traffic problem: What the 2026 Citizen Survey reveals about Longboat Key
—If you ask a resident how they feel about their island, they will likely tell you it is one of the safest, most beautiful...
Longboat Chief Russ Mager’s Response to Policing Story
—I am authoring this letter in response to an article written by Steve Reid who unfairly misrepresented how the Longboat Key Police Department methodically...
Longboat Key & Sarasota Letters to the Editor week of March 20, 2026
Police Chief Response to Policing—
—To: Editor
—I am authoring this letter in response to an article written by Steve Reid who unfairly misrepresented how...
On Patrol Longboat Key Police reports week of March 20, 2026
March 13
—12:49 p.m.
—Officer Mathis was dispatched to Harbourside Drive in reference to property damage. A complainant had reported that a vehicle had knocked down...
To Protect, Serve, or Pull over? Longboat’s “High Visibility” Policing Sparks Taxpayer Revolt
—It is something of a policing paradox. For decades, the Town of Longboat Key, its residents, its businesses, and the local real estate industry...