Sarasota News Leader
January 11, 2013
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"I heard a lot of gunfire," she said. "What's up "That's unacceptable to me," she said. "We're
going to put a stop to that."
with that?"
People celebrating Middle East style by discharging firearms in the air, she was told. She
noted police officers in the area were taking
shelter under concrete eaves to escape the
danger of plunging bullets.
Something else she "put a stop to" was the
homeless takeover of Gillespie Park.
"Five days ago, I met with Ms. Orlando [a resident of the adjacent neighborhood] about the
park," she said. "I put some presence in the
City Manager Tom Barwin introduces Bernadette DiPino (right) as the new Sarasota police chief
on Oct. 16 at City Hall. Mayor Suzanne Atwell is at left. Photo by Norman Schimmel
