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After debate over frequency and fairness, council backs portable vehicle barriers and tighter event rules
Summary
Naples council heard a lengthy staff and police presentation on open‑air event security and gave consensus to buy a block of portable vehicle‑stopping barriers (about 72 units) to secure Cambier Park and to augment Third and Fifth avenues. Council also directed staff and city attorney to draft event‑permit and frequency rules and to return with contract details, costs and funding options.
City staff and the police department pressed the City Council on March 4 to harden key public venues and tighten special‑events rules after a year of rising security costs and repeated high‑attendance events.
Chief Dominguez described national best practices for open‑air events and urged physical measures to prevent vehicle‑as‑weapon attacks: decorative bollards, planters and temporary vehicle‑stop barriers (referred to in staff presentations as "archers"). "Open spaces in…
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