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Officer warns residents about vehicle thefts; committee urged to share sheriff’s survey and address school dismissal traffic
Summary
In public comment, Officer Amado asked the committee to help distribute a sheriff’s survey and warned that recent burglaries and car thefts are often enabled by people leaving keys or fobs in unlocked cars; residents also urged more traffic control near Miami Lakes Middle during dismissal.
Officer Amado used the meeting’s public-comment period to ask committee members to help distribute a sheriff’s survey and to warn residents about avoidable burglaries and vehicle thefts.
"Most of the cars, the people are leaving the keys in the car and they're unlocked," Officer Amado said, describing a pattern found in nearby Broward County and warning it could carry into Miami Lakes if residents do not take precautions. He asked committee members to post information at school sites and in community associations and offered to provide survey cards the committee could distribute.
Members and residents also raised congestion at Miami Lakes Middle during dismissal, describing parents parking in travel lanes and blocking the entrance to Celebration Point between about 3:30 and 3:40 p.m. A commenter proposed simple mitigations — increased patrol presence during dismissal times, signage or a chain at private drive access points, and a reminder to parents not to block entrances.
The committee agreed to pass the traffic and safety concerns to traffic staff and to consider scheduling additional patrols or other traffic-control measures during busy dismissal windows.
Next steps: Organizers and staff will share the sheriff’s survey with school points of contact and traffic staff will review options for increased presence or signage around school dismissal times.
