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Longboat Key Cops Corner: You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here

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Longboat Key Cops Corner: A break from fishing

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Longboat Key Cops Corner: A contested 180

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Longboat Key Cops Corner: Bike, car, collision course

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Longboat Key Cops Corner: Anchors aweigh . . . er . . . away!

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  • December 29, 2020
Best of Longboat Key Cops Corner: 2020

A look back at a year of protecting, serving.

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  • December 17, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Masked stowaways

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • December 10, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: All cool in the pool

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • November 30, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Smell that?

Police reports from around the island.

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  • November 20, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: A bag of sharp

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • November 13, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Stopping to help

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • November 10, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Flower power

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • October 30, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Just an FYI

Police reports from around the island.

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  • October 27, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Flashing lights always mean something

Police reports from around Longboat Key, Oct. 16-22.

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  • October 19, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Parental discretion advised

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • October 12, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: All is well

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • October 2, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: A boat on its own

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • September 27, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Not welcome

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • September 22, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: No day at the park

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • September 15, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: An on again, off again problem

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • September 4, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Slow it down, huh?

Police reports from around the island.

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  • September 1, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: What happens on Longboat . . .

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • August 21, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Alarming weather

Police reports from around the island.

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  • August 17, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here

Police reports from around the town.

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  • August 11, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Playin’ all the hits . . . too loud

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • August 4, 2020
LBO Cops Corner: Same bay, wrong Bayfront?

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • July 24, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: When is a party not a party?

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • July 19, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: The ups and downs of a portable sign

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • July 13, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: A pyrotechnic preview

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • July 2, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: The kids are alright

Police reports from around the island.

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  • June 23, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: A lot hinges on this call

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • June 15, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Job done

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • June 9, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: It was stolen. No, it wasn't.

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • June 2, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Hello, is it me you're looking for?

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • May 26, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: He's fine, he just looks unconscious

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • May 15, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: The smell of something dangerous

Police reports from around the island.

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