Crime & Safety

City Elections: Ginny Miller on Police and Fire Services

We asked each candidate running for New Port Richey City Council whether they would want to have Pasco County take over police and fire services.

Patch recently asked the following question of candidates running for New Port Richey City Council:

"What is your position on the idea of having the county take over the city’s police and fire rescue services?"

We got answers.

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Ginny Miller referred us back to her answer to a different question on how she would tackle police and crime issues in the city:

First, I would look closely at combining police and fire into one Public Safety Department. Once the possible configurations of this model are known, it must be put forward to the voters as a well-written charter amendment.

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Find the other six candidates' responses to this question at our hub article.


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