Airport Police make history, too

By 1991, the Lee County Port Authority Police Department, under the leadership of Chief Gary R. Grosser (he had taken over after Clark retired earlier in 1991) had been formally recognized as the 176th internationally accredited agency by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement (CALEA). It was also the first Airport Police Department anywhere to attain that accreditation.

A state-of-the-art training facility has been completed for the Police and Fire Departments. This facility includes an indoor gun range for the police and one of the nation's largest flammable liquids burn structures for fire training.

The Crash Fire Rescue Department provides structural firefighting and emergency medical tech level response. A strong working relationship with area fire departments is maintained. The community s entire firefighting rescue and medical services may be called up in a major aircraft crash situation.

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