BREAKING: Key West cross-designates police as code enforcement, making refusals to sign civil citations arrestable

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Mandy Miles
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Letter from the Key West City Manager. CONTRIBUTED

City of Key West cross-designates all sworn Key West Police Department officers as code enforcement officers, effective immediately, “so refusal to sign a civil citation is now an arrestable offense,” City Manager Gregory Veliz wrote to Key West Police Chief Sean Brandenburg on June 29.

Stay tuned for more details and implications.

Mandy Miles
Mandy Miles
Mandy Miles drops stuff, breaks things and falls down more than any adult should. An award-winning writer, reporter and columnist, she's been stringing words together in Key West since 1998. "Local news is crucial," she says. "It informs and connects a community. It prompts conversation. It gets people involved, holds people accountable. The Keys Weekly takes its responsibility seriously. Our owners are raising families in Key West & Marathon. Our writers live in the communities we cover - Key West, Marathon & the Upper Keys. We respect our readers. We question our leaders. We believe in the Florida Keys community. And we like to have a good time." Mandy's married to a saintly — and handy — fishing captain, and can't imagine living anywhere else.

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