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Backup Documents 06/10/2014 Item # 4C 4C PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, A series of home invasion robberies took place in Collier County and the City of Naples with distinct similarities to each other; and WHEREAS, the Collier/Naples Regional Home Invasion Task Force was established to focus solely on investigating these home invasion robberies; and WHEREAS, the Collier/Naples Regional Home Invasion Task Force is comprised of members of the Collier County Sheriff's Office, the Naples Police Department, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the Marco Island Police Department, and the FBI; and WHEREAS, the Collier/Naples Regional Home Invasion Task Force spent countless hours developing and pursuing leads, reviewing evidence, and conducting surveillance in an effort to identify those individuals responsible for these home invasion robberies; and WHEREAS, the Collier/Naples Regional Home Invasion Task Force developed and implemented a plan to reduce the likelihood of future home invasion robberies through the use of visible patrols and relevant crime prevention education in communities across Collier County and the City of Naples; and WHEREAS, the Collier/Naples Regional Home Invasion Task Force fielded and investigated numerous tips from the community; and WHEREAS, the Collier/Naples Regional Home Invasion Task Force initiated communications with other law enforcement agencies in Florida and Texas where similar home invasions have occurred to share information in an effort to use every resource possible to solve these crimes and apprehend those responsible; and WHEREAS, the Collier/Naples Regional Home Invasion Task Force developed suspects that led to the arrest of four suspects who have been charged in connection with a home invasion in Windermere and an attempted home invasion in Orange County and remain suspects in home invasions that took place in Collier County and the City of Naples and in Texas. NOW THEREFORE, be it proclaimed by the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County, Florida, that the Board does hereby commend the members of the Collier/Naples Regional Home Invasion Task Force for their great investigative work and dedicated service to Collier County. DONE AND ORDERED THIS 10th Day of June 2014 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COLLIER COUNTY, ;FLORIDA \...,, .✓ J \...,, TOM HENNING, CH. MAN