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This is season number 4 . It marks several

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. First is the podcast title clarification

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Open Forum in the villages , Florida

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to make clear that this is a regional

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the villages . Second is a dramatic increase

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, this is a dramatic step forward . We

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Welcome to the Open Forum in the villages

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, Florida podcast . In this show we are going

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to talk to leaders in the community , leaders

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of clubs and interesting folks who live here in

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the villages to give perspectives of what

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is happening here in the villages . We hope

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in the villages . We will be hearing more from

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each week .

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This is Mike Roth on Open Forum in the villages

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. I'm here today with Anthony

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Pellicano and he is running

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for the Sumter County Sheriff

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. Thanks for joining me , anthony . Thank you , mike , I appreciate

1:58

you having me Good . Why

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don't you tell our listeners , Anthony , a little bit about what you've done before

2:02

you came to the villages ?

2:04

So early on I was in the United States Army active

2:06

duty . I was a long range reconnaissance specialist

2:08

in 19 Delta . I got permanently assigned

2:11

to the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment out of Fort

2:13

Bliss , texas . After that I

2:15

got out of the military , did plumbing for a little

2:17

while and then I went and

2:19

applied for the Federal Bureau of Prisons . After

2:21

that I got into working

2:23

at the prison system in Fort Dix , new Jersey

2:26

. It's the largest federal prison in the country

2:28

with 5,000 inmates and

2:30

we had no locking doors and it was

2:32

one officer for 350 to

2:34

400 inmates .

2:35

Wait a minute . Wait a prison with doors that didn't

2:37

lock .

2:38

Outside the unit . They were the only doors , but the actual

2:41

doors to their dorms did not lock

2:43

. So we were locked in there , one officer

2:45

per 350 to 400 inmates

2:47

. We were fighting all the time , but

2:50

it was one of those things . So after that we

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I got in . I got promoted a few times

2:54

. I did self-defense instructor . I

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was also a CSI

2:58

, or what we call evidence response team instructor

3:01

. Then I got promoted to do investigations

3:03

for them , did that for quite a few years

3:05

and then I got promoted

3:07

again , went to Washington DC , went

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to intelligence research specialist

3:12

slash intelligence officer and got

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permanently assigned to the FBI task

3:16

force in Miami and then from

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then Does that mean you were actually

3:21

in the FBI ? I had full rights

3:23

to the FBI and other agencies access to everything

3:25

. It's difficult , but I had

3:28

all their IDs and their security clearance . I went through

3:30

all their programs . It was just like being in the FBI

3:32

but it was technically . Intelligence officer is a generic

3:34

title to all that law enforcement

3:37

Every agency I had access to . I was on a

3:39

task force for multiple different agencies local

3:41

law enforcement , state federal . It

3:43

was down in , based in Miami . Even though

3:45

I still work for Washington DC , I was based in

3:47

Miami , florida .

3:48

Well , that's a better place to be based .

3:50

It's expensive , but we were based down there , me and

3:52

my wife and our three kids .

3:54

And when did you come to the villages and

3:56

Sumpter County ?

3:57

Well , we've been coming up here for many years , off and

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on . My parents have a house here for about 12 or 13

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years . I moved up here two years ago

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full time after I retired from

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Miami . We moved up here and I

4:08

promised my wife after a year

4:10

that I take a year off to desensitize

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a little bit . Here we are , so

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I'm running for Sumpter County Sheriff .

4:17

What brought you to the conclusion that you should run

4:19

for Sumpter County Sheriff .

4:21

You know all my life , pretty much all my career

4:24

. For the past 28 years I've served either

4:26

in the government or counties , or I

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was CDD and chairman and

4:30

HOA presidents , and even

4:32

with the law enforcement . I've always worked with the military

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or the government agencies . It's just . I've

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always served . It was always something that I

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enjoyed doing .

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Here in Florida do you have to have a special certification

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to be sheriff or to be a ?

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No , you just have to be in law enforcement . I would say

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that would be your best guess . I mean , I don't

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think . Anyway , that doesn't have law enforcement experience

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is not going to get elected to that .

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So a lawyer couldn't be elected to sheriff

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In some states you can't In some states you can't .

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I mean , I think anybody can run

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and I don't think you need experience to

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run , but I think that that's the way it

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should be law enforcement , because you have all the experience

5:06

.

5:07

And when is the Republican primary

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?

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It should be around August . August here , 24-24

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.

5:12

Okay , so when you were in the

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law enforcement business for the Army

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, can you share with us some of the particular areas

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of expertise that you had ?

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For the Army . Yeah , I wasn't law enforcement

5:23

for the Army , but I was what they call a

5:25

long range of constant specialists or a scout

5:27

for the Army . So I worked for a combat

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unit . I worked for the S3 shop out of the

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3rd ACR , which is the 3rd Armour Cavalry

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Regiment in Fort Bliss , Texas . We were one of the

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only two or three at the time desert

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trained combat units that were involved

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in things . We went out and I did a lot of training

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. So when I went out there I also got handpicked

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to be one of the 31

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of 30 individuals that actually

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tested what they called the friend

5:52

info vehicle recognition system Got

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a lot of friendly fire incidents during

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the first Gulf War and after that

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we went out to White Sands , New Mexico , and tested

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a bunch of three different company systems so there

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wouldn't be so much friendly fire . Nowadays

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they call it modern day GPS , but

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back then it was called friend info . That's where it was developed

6:10

that through that system . That was one of the things

6:12

that I was involved in .

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I wanted to tell our listeners what your

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position is relative to community

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policing , so community policing to me

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is giving back to the community

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.

6:22

It's not always about arresting or going

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out and doing things against the community

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. I believe in community policing and

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that is go out to events , charitable

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organizations . What we're also going

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to do is , since I'm already retired

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, I'm going to give $10,000 a

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year of my salary back to some

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county community , and what

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I mean by that is charities

6:46

, veterans , groups , animal shelters

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or whatever we seem we may rotate

6:50

them , you know things of that nature to

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give back to the community .

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That's just what we've always done . The crime right

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here in Sumpter County is usually

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described as exceptionally

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low because of the population . Are there

7:02

any other services that you think you

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might want to add to the Sheriff's

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Department aren't done now .

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That could be Well , I think they do a

7:10

pretty good job here . I'm not going to knock that by any

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means . They do a great job here . You're going to get a

7:14

new sheriff , regardless of what's going to happen this

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coming up cycle , so I'm just trying

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to do my best to win those votes . Of

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course , the community stuff is going

7:22

to be more like getting out in the public . I'm not

7:24

one to sit at my desk all day , so I'm going

7:27

to be out and about talking to people . I'm going

7:29

to be out and about on different shifts . I can't

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fix a problem if I don't know it exists

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, so I'm not just going to sit there

7:35

all day behind a desk . I'm going to be out and about . I'm

7:37

going to be out in the community . I'm going to go to calls with

7:39

these guys . I'm going to be community

7:41

relations all the time . That's basically

7:43

what I'm going to be doing ?

7:45

How do you intend to engage with local neighborhoods

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to build trust and collaboration ?

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Well , events , we're going to get some more . Events like , say

7:51

, one that I used to do in Miami

7:53

was coffee with a cop , or

7:55

a coffee with a deputy , or a

7:58

dinner with a deputy , or a lunch

8:00

with a deputy , or some similar to that , and some

8:02

other events will get going and then we'll invite that . If

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you guys want to show up , you're more than welcome to .

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No , that's a good idea . How do you see the difference between

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the villages in Sumpter County and

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the residents and other parts of Sumpter

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County ?

8:15

So I've been to a lot of meetings already . There

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seems to be a little rift between both

8:20

, but as a sheriff I don't . It's

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not a thing . So I have to

8:25

keep that peace between both groups , and

8:27

to do that you have to make people come together At

8:30

some point . There has to be some kind of coordination

8:32

between both groups . There is a little bit of

8:34

a rift that goes on between both groups , but I

8:37

think overall everybody wants the best for Sumpter

8:39

County and that's what I'm hoping for .

8:42

How do you plan to handle political pressures

8:44

and maintain impartiality

8:46

as you integrate yourself into

8:48

the role of sheriff ?

8:49

So with that , one is more of

8:51

keeping the peace , we'll say so that

8:53

is you got . I got to get to all these events . I've been going to

8:55

a lot of events already commissioner

8:58

meetings and different areas , and not just

9:00

in the villages , and I think that's again . It goes

9:02

back to the community relations part . So you

9:04

have to , you have to come to a peace with

9:06

every group and every situation that

9:08

comes up . As long as you can keep that going , you

9:10

shouldn't have any issues . I will

9:13

not be causing any drama . It's not

9:15

about my , the way I do things , but

9:17

I do get out and allow . I do get out and about a lot

9:19

and I think that that'll help out a lot with

9:21

community relations .

9:22

How do you stay informed about the changing needs

9:24

and concerns in our community ?

9:26

Well , that is getting out and talking to people , not just

9:28

commissioners , not just residents , it's

9:31

everybody . You got to get out , you got to go to law outside

9:34

law enforcement groups , you have to with committees

9:36

and commissioners and outside residents

9:38

and all there's . There's thousands of groups

9:41

here , which is totally amazing to me , and

9:43

it's hard to get to all the groups . I may not

9:45

get to all of them , but I'm working my way around

9:47

slowly and I like to hear everybody's . Everybody

9:50

has an opinion on everything and that's what I'm trying to work

9:52

things and work ways through each one of those

9:54

opinions in groups . So I'm working on it .

9:56

I looked at the number of people , just to

9:58

hear the villages , and I'll take that number

10:00

at around 150,000 and said

10:02

you know , if we were a city , where

10:04

would we rank in the size of cities in the state

10:06

of Florida ? And we would be fifth or sixth , absolutely

10:09

. So we have a very , and that's

10:11

without counting anyone who lives in

10:13

the county but not in the villages . So that's

10:16

a . It's a big job . Why

10:18

in the and looking at it as a big job

10:20

, why would someone elect you , who

10:22

is not in the Sopter County

10:24

police , as the new chief ?

10:26

Well , I come with a vast array of experience

10:28

. I'm

10:48

FEMA certified . I've gone through just

10:50

about every FEMA class that you can think

10:53

of . My emergency management certified

10:55

come with 28 years of law enforcement

10:57

and military experience . I get along

10:59

with everybody . I've got contacts worldwide

11:01

because I used to do investigations all

11:03

over the place it wasn't just say Florida

11:06

or Wisconsin or it

11:08

was Ireland and Europe and crime

11:11

reaches far and wide and that's what we were

11:13

trying to do and I hold a few records on some

11:15

drug interdiction stuff and you

11:17

know I can bring that knowledge here and I'm big on

11:19

training . So I think that training is going to be

11:21

a big key to deputy's interaction

11:24

with the public . I think that I've watched a few . I've

11:26

done a lot of research before I got involved in

11:28

this and I've watched a lot of videos

11:31

and things that are out on social media

11:33

. Some are questionable , some are good and some

11:35

are fantastic . It's just they're all it's policing

11:37

. And I believe in training . I'm

11:40

a big training person . I've flown around the country and conducted

11:42

training . I've been to seminars , I've given

11:44

classes on stuff all different than

11:46

all different things . It's just what I like to do

11:48

and I enjoy training . Training is a priority

11:51

for any group to run

11:53

an efficient policing organization

11:55

.

11:55

So if you were elected sheriff , what do

11:57

you think that would happen to the morale

11:59

of the officers that we have at the Sumpter

12:01

County Sheriff's Department ? There's an adjustment period

12:03

, of course .

12:04

They're always going to be , no matter what . You're going

12:06

to get a new sheriff , so regardless

12:08

of who it is hopefully it's me crossing my

12:10

fingers but regardless of who it is you're going to get

12:12

a new sheriff and there's going to be an adjustment period . But I'm

12:14

a personable person . Like I go around and I have

12:16

no issue talking to anybody , and

12:18

there's no political party that I don't talk to . I

12:21

get around independents , republicans , democrats

12:23

. I want to hear what they have to say , so that's why I like

12:25

to meld everybody's opinions

12:27

together and try to come up with a concrete solution

12:29

to them .

12:31

Have you discovered any law enforcement

12:33

issues that are unaddressed here

12:35

in Sumpter County that you'd like

12:37

to see addressed ? Not really .

12:38

They're running abo ut . I FOIA

12:41

requested some information and I have about

12:43

. They have about 13, . 12 to 13

12:45

open non-investigative

12:48

clad . But they have 13 open cases

12:50

that are cold case cases . I like to reopen

12:52

those and get those going and at least

12:55

we can solve at least one of those Somebody's

12:57

family's happier than what they were yesterday

12:59

and I totally want

13:01

to open those . If I have to open up them myself , I have

13:04

no issue with it . I've done it before . I

13:06

do investigations , thousands of them Intelligence

13:09

reports have gone as high as the Attorney

13:11

General's office . I've done

13:13

them and it's not a big deal . I have no issue doing it at all

13:15

. To be honest with you , I think that people need closure

13:17

. I'm about saying they're doing it wrong

13:19

. I'm saying is that there's 13 for a small county

13:22

like this . I think that needs to be addressed . That's

13:24

one of the things I want to do and open them up and

13:26

get them open up all the cases and see if we can get one

13:28

or two of those at least closed because there's new

13:30

technologies out now , how many years back

13:32

does 13 cases ? go Pretty far . I

13:35

don't know the exact date , but some of them go

13:37

back pretty far . That's not a dig on

13:39

the Sheriff's Department . That's just because things

13:43

fall , people move or things

13:45

happen and stuff goes cold , and that's

13:47

just the way it works . It's a product called cold cases .

13:50

To me it's actually surprising that it's only 12

13:52

or 13 cold cases

13:55

.

13:55

That's the number that I got from the FOIA

13:57

request .

13:58

Was there a single thing that motivated you most to

14:00

run for Sheriff ? No , I just enjoy

14:02

serve .

14:02

I like to do it . It's just my calling . I

14:05

enjoy doing it and I think that

14:07

that's a great thing . I think people need more . People should

14:09

do it , no matter what it is , whether

14:11

it's Sheriff or not . There's plenty of positions that

14:13

are opening up and I think people need to run for them

14:15

. It's not easy to run for any position here .

14:17

What do you think your biggest obstacle is ?

14:19

Well , name recognition is probably the most

14:21

. That's really all it is . I meet so

14:23

many people and so many people are very

14:26

friendly and they're like oh my God , I'm so glad

14:28

you're running and it's

14:30

time to get a new and fresh way of doing

14:32

things . I think that's a great option

14:34

for everybody .

14:35

Do you have a campaign committee set up ?

14:39

I do . We're working on getting a bigger one . I'm trying

14:41

to get more of that stuff going now . We've

14:43

been getting these petition signed . I'm almost done with

14:45

it now .

14:46

How many petition signatures did you need ? 1,200

14:49

. Only 1,200 ?

14:50

1,200, ? Yeah , we've been going to

14:52

all the postal stations in the villages and

14:55

that way I like to do them myself . It's taken me a little longer

14:57

, but I want to hear everybody's opinions

14:59

on what they have to say about

15:01

things and what they want to change . Should

15:03

come to some of the car shows . I've been to some

15:05

of the car shows and they're fantastic . We're

15:08

getting ready to ship our classic car up here soon

15:10

and once we do that we'll have we'll

15:12

meet more people . You're going to go up to the show in

15:14

the Spanish Springs . All the shows , yeah

15:16

, we'll try to get most of the shows , me and my dad

15:18

.

15:19

Don't forget about the last Saturday morning

15:21

of the month . The most unpublicized car

15:23

show in the villages is the Cars and

15:25

Coffee in Lake Sumter Square , behind

15:27

the Fidelity Investment , from 9 am

15:29

to 10 am . It's amazing

15:32

. You get there 10 minutes early , there's no cars

15:34

. You get there 5 after 10

15:36

, there's no cars oh my God . But we

15:38

usually turn out about 40 people . That's

15:40

good . Usually BMWs , Porsches

15:42

, Miata's and Strange Exotic Good

15:44

BMW Austin Martin , DB9

15:47

shows up .

15:48

That's great . For that , I think that's a great thing . That's

15:50

fun , it gets people out and you meet people and that's just

15:52

how it is .

15:53

Yeah , what do you think has helped you the most

15:55

so far in your run for sheriff

15:57

?

15:57

I'm happy to say my wife , your wife , my

15:59

wife , my wife's been a godsend

16:02

through all this . I've told

16:04

her we've talked about it before I

16:06

actually ran . We went

16:08

through all that and we knew we were getting into before

16:10

I did it . But I think we're good with it

16:12

and she's been a godsend . The

16:15

kids have been great about it . We're trying to

16:17

get everything , how old are your children . Now my

16:20

son is 29 . He's in New Jersey

16:22

. He's an accountant . My other son is

16:24

in Ovidio . He's working

16:26

for a private company and he just opened

16:28

an app on the App Store last week . So he

16:30

developed an app and my daughter is getting ready to graduate

16:33

UCF this December .

16:35

I've got to tell the joke for my grandson . Evan

16:37

Got it , anthony . What did the noes say to the

16:39

finger ? What Quit picking on me ? That's

16:43

funny , good joke . Now

16:45

we're going to listen to a short Alzheimer's tip

16:47

from Dr Craig Curris . Is there a

16:49

seminar that you do that people can attend

16:52

to learn more about Alzheimer's

16:54

disease ?

16:54

Yes , sir , I usually give two to three

16:57

seminars per week in my office and

16:59

if folks would like to just call my office

17:01

, they can register for the next available

17:03

seminar , and usually they're on what days ?

17:05

Tuesdays , wednesdays and Thursdays .

17:08

Great Thank you with over 20 years of experience

17:10

studying brain health , dr Curtis's

17:12

goal is to educate the village's community on

17:14

how to live a longer , healthier life . To learn more

17:16

, visit his website , craigcurtismd . com

17:19

, or call 352-500-5252

17:23

to attend a free seminar .

17:24

Now , Anthony , you've talked to a lot of people here in Sumter

17:26

County , lived here for a couple of years . What

17:28

do you think is the best thing that

17:31

we're doing from a law enforcement perspective , things

17:33

that are really working right ?

17:34

I think the communication between all the different

17:36

departments is always gonna be a key Mm-hmm

17:38

, there's always gonna be a lax

17:40

of something at some point , but I think

17:43

the more people communicate here and I'm

17:45

big on that because I came from task forces- so

17:47

that's all about communication

17:49

and organization and I think that's

17:51

a big thing that they're doing here and I'm hoping they can keep

17:53

that up .

17:54

Just since you're talking about communications

17:56

, does the so-called villages

17:58

public safety department , or fire department

18:01

as I like to call them , and the police department

18:03

in Sumter County have the same radio

18:05

frequencies so they can communicate with

18:07

one another ?

18:08

That I know they do have . I don't know if it's the same radio

18:10

frequency , but I know they have channels

18:12

that they can open up between each other .

18:14

Yes , A lot of our villagers here are

18:16

worried about traffic safety Me too

18:18

and that entails

18:21

both drivers driving too slow , especially

18:23

on the left lane , and

18:25

drivers driving too fast . What do you think

18:27

we can do about that here in Sumter County ?

18:29

Well , the one thing that has to be done is there needs to

18:31

be more sight-seeing of the

18:33

patrol vehicles , right , so you have to see

18:36

them . And then usually when you see a patrol vehicle

18:38

, no matter if you're going fast or not , you're gonna slow down

18:40

. That'll slow down the traffic

18:42

. My biggest things here are the circles . I

18:44

believe if you look at some of the circles , some of the markings

18:47

on the circles themselves are different

18:49

than other circles . They're not consistent

18:52

.

18:52

There is a very big inconsistency and

18:54

, I think , a lot of confusion comes

18:56

because of that .

18:57

There's dash lines , there's solid lines , there's

18:59

all sorts of different things

19:01

on those roundabouts .

19:03

I follow the rule never change lanes

19:05

.

19:05

You should .

19:06

Inside the traffic circle , except when you're

19:08

exiting and you have to and you're on the left lane

19:10

. And then the other issue that I see

19:12

is some traffic circles have

19:15

two lanes for the full 360

19:17

degrees and other circles

19:19

have 180 degrees and

19:21

then there's a lane cutout and it kind of

19:23

makes no sense to me . I agree

19:25

.

19:26

It's just the way that the engineers came

19:28

up with that system . I

19:30

wish they would either put a solid line instead

19:33

of a dash line . So if there's a solid line , by law

19:35

you're not supposed to cross it . But if you put

19:37

a dash line , people know to

19:39

cross it . And that's where the confusion comes into

19:41

. You can't cross it , yeah , and

19:43

that's where people get mixed up . They're telling people one thing

19:45

you can't switch lanes . But if you have a dash line

19:48

, you can switch lanes . Technically , you can by

19:50

law .

19:51

So it gets a little confusing and the signage doesn't

19:53

contribute very much . There

19:56

also should be a , I think , some signage

19:58

about the trucks pulling trailers , that

20:00

the drivers of those trucks know that they're

20:02

going to occupy two lanes in a circle

20:04

.

20:05

Yeah , they're pretty wide , especially down by me with the only

20:07

construction . It's pretty crazy down

20:09

there . There's been a lot of accidents , so hopefully

20:12

we can get this stuff straightened out with the county commissioners

20:14

and getting this stuff , the right signage up

20:16

and the right symbols on the ground .

20:18

Yeah , and the signage has to be

20:21

positioned so that the driver going speed

20:23

limit has enough time to react . The guy

20:25

going 20 miles an hour in a golf cart has

20:27

plenty of time to react . Yeah

20:29

, but especially when there are bigger

20:32

vehicles .

20:32

And sometimes the village sign

20:35

of each village blocks the intersection

20:37

view . So if you're trying to pull

20:39

out , sometimes you can't see past the

20:41

signage that they have the big wall with the big name

20:44

on it for each village on it . The way they have them hanged , yeah

20:46

well , stop signs are a big thing . Here too , people

20:48

don't stop at stop signs . So , including

20:50

bikes , including golf carts .

20:52

That's another big irritation . That's the big thing here

20:54

. Bicycles , who are supposed

20:56

to have some rights of way on the road

20:58

, and overlook things like stop

21:01

signs . They don't bother to stop , golf carts

21:03

that don't bother to stop , and I think it's terribly

21:05

dangerous .

21:06

The Wildwood Police Department down by me has been doing

21:08

a pretty good job . They've been out there actually with

21:10

a police golf cart . And they've been pulling

21:12

bikes and golf carts over there . Don't

21:14

stop at the stop sign Again

21:16

. It's random , but they're doing a decent

21:18

job , trying to clean the best they can up with the

21:20

manpower that they have , it gets the word out .

21:23

Of course , does the Sumpter County Sheriff have a golf

21:25

cart ?

21:25

You know , I don't know , I'm sure they probably do . I

21:27

haven't seen it on the roads or the golf cart path yet

21:29

, but I've seen the wild because I live down south

21:31

, so I've seen the Wildwood out there more than I've seen the

21:33

.

21:34

Sheriff's Department . We want to see some

21:36

better signage and we want to see , I

21:38

think , officers that

21:40

aren't sitting in a car talking

21:42

to each other but they can be walking in the crowd . I

21:44

agree and , aside from being neighborly

21:47

, I think people feel safer .

21:49

I think so too , and I think one of the other things

21:51

that I'm going to try to do is they don't

21:53

. When there's big events at the squares all three

21:55

squares you don't see them anymore . They used

21:57

to be at the squares , so when I go to Brown

21:59

.

21:59

I used to remember I think they were always at the

22:01

square . The Wildwood police were always at

22:03

the Brownwood . They don't . They're

22:05

not there anymore . I don't know .

22:06

I don't know where that stopped or how that stopped

22:08

, but I want to bring that back , cause when there's

22:11

large crowds , especially during this time of year , you

22:13

know that's just a hot bed

22:15

for anything . I'm a terrorism expert

22:17

, so that's to me . That gives me the

22:20

shakes . When I look at that

22:22

, I look around , cause there's nobody . Yeah , if

22:25

a terrorist or somebody wants to do something , they're going

22:27

to do it , regardless of what kind of security you

22:29

have . But you could at least deter

22:31

it and that's basically what we're

22:33

trying to do .

22:34

Good , any other last thoughts you have on

22:36

why someone should vote for you as Sheriff

22:38

?

22:38

I think we went over most of them . I have , you know , I have the website

22:41

up and you know what is the website . It's

22:43

a P , it's Pellicano , the

22:45

number four sheriff . com

22:47

. That's what the website is . I could donate

22:49

on there . You can , you know , send me emails

22:51

through there . I answer all my emails personally

22:54

. I don't have an issue with talking to people . If you

22:56

want me to come to an event , I have been all

22:58

over and if it's all my schedule and I can make your

23:00

event , I will make your event .

23:02

What's your fundraising goal I ?

23:03

don't really have a fundraising goal , you know , cause

23:05

you never know what's going to . You know how much

23:07

you need or you know whatever . Right

23:09

now we're funding it ourselves with

23:11

some friends . Mm-hmm , but that's

23:13

going to . You know , you can't bankrupt yourself trying to fund

23:15

these things , cause it's not cheap to run for any kind of

23:18

office . So we are looking for fundraising

23:20

, and they can do that through the website , which automatically

23:22

gets put into a campaign account .

23:24

Are you going to be running ads in the daily sun

23:27

? I'm going to try , but we'll

23:29

see how that goes with them . I never liked the word

23:31

try . It's either do or do not

23:33

. Well , there's , yeah , it's tough

23:35

sometimes .

23:36

Sometimes they don't want . Have you met with a developer

23:38

? I have not . I've emailed

23:40

and talked to some people that know

23:42

they're their people . I

23:44

haven't gotten any responses back . They don't know if they've

23:46

told them or not , but I think they need to

23:48

know and at least have a , at least have a conversation .

23:51

Sure .

23:51

At the minimum .

23:52

Yeah , it's someone you need to know I agree

23:54

. Okay . Are there any other people that

23:56

you need to know that you haven't met

23:58

yet ?

23:59

No , I get around , I talk to everybody there's . I don't

24:01

have a need to know people group , I just like

24:03

to get around and talk to people . I like to go to groups . I like to

24:05

meet all different groups . It makes no

24:07

difference what the group is to me and I think that's

24:09

the way it should be . You know , being a sheriff

24:11

is a bipartisan position technically

24:13

. Whether you have to run for a party or not

24:15

officially is fine , but technically it's

24:18

a bipartisan position . I'm not going to ask you where you are

24:20

before you get arrested . It doesn't work that way . So

24:23

I get . I like to get around and just talk to people personally .

24:26

Just for informational purposes , the sheriff's

24:28

department has how many officers

24:30

around ?

24:31

No , I'm getting ready to request that . I've been told they're

24:33

fully staffed . I pulled some numbers up , actually

24:35

the other day . They should have technically

24:38

they should have over 200

24:40

or 300 and something full-time officers

24:42

by law , by Florida law , but I don't

24:44

know how they're categorizing it here . As

24:47

soon as I get those numbers , I'll have a better , clear answer

24:49

on how they're doing it . Great Thanks for being with us

24:51

today , Anthony . Thank you for having me . I appreciate your help

24:53

. Great .

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