Deputies, 911 operators depart for Lee County

First Coast News reported that 18 deputies and four 911 operators left the county’s emergency operations center Friday morning bound for southwest Florida.

Assistant Chief Scott Moreland told reporter Leah Shields that the deployment will last a week and that some of the personnel traveling south have family and friends in the Ft. Myers area.

“Some of the members of our agency actually heading to Lee County have family members who reside in that area, so it is a little personal for them,” Moreland said. “They’re concerned about their own family members and want to go down there and make a difference and help out in that community as well.”