A recent speaker from the Sheriff’s department shared disturbing information with chamber members about the impact of Baker Act transports on deputies and on the county as a whole.

Sgt. Rachael Montgomery, the behavioral health officer in the Sheriff’s department, said that every day, five to seven county residents are driven to a Baker Act facility in Leesburg. Each trip is about a 100 mile round trip and takes hours of the deputy’s time.

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