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'Most politically incorrect sheriff' in America explains his unique tactics to take down criminal 'dirtbags'
A no-nonsense Florida sheriff is going on the record to explain the unusual tactics his office uses that he says are successful at deterring criminals from messing around in his county.
Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey told Fox News Digital he has often been told that he is “the most politically incorrect sheriff in the country” for his refusal to mince words when it comes to his dislike of criminals, whom he proudly refers to as “idiots” and “dirtbags.”
For example, the Florida sheriff said he was at a national law enforcement conference when he was instructed to call people who are locked up “clients” instead of “inmates” to be more sensitive.
“I looked at him like he had two heads because they are inmates, they’re dirtbags, they’re criminals. They’re in jail for a reason,” he said. “If you’re a criminal, you’re an idiot. That’s just the best way I can put it. Nobody twisted your arm and told you to go break the law. You made that decision. You made that choice. So I don’t have remorse for you.”
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Florida Sheriff Wayne Ivey has been a law enforcement officer for over three decades. (Fox News Digital | Hannah Grossman)
Ivey is vocal on social media about his programs such as “Mess Around and Find Out” and “Wheel of Fugitive,” where he spins a wheel to determine who will get arrested that day. As for those who disagree with him blasting criminals publicly? The sheriff says they should “shut up” and find another page to follow.
“Probably the most politically incorrect thing that I do is I respond to people on Facebook, and I’ll tell them, ‘Shut up. Stop whining.’ If you don’t like what we do, don’t follow our page. Go somewhere else. But if you’re here, then you need to understand that we are going to put bad people in jail, and we’re never, ever going to apologize for it,” he said.
‘WE ARE GOING TO KICK YOUR DOOR IN’
For criminals who are repeat offenders, Ivey has a special unit called the Sheriff’s High Intensity Target, the acronym being an expletive a criminal may be thinking when the team comes in with guns blazing.
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“I’ll let you do the acronym of Sheriff High Intensity Target. But it’s houses where we respond 80 times for calls for service because the citizens or the neighbors are complaining about them,” he said.
The Sheriff’s High Intensity Target unit is used especially for houses where gangs congregate and drug dens.
“We shut them down,” he said about the force used, if necessary, by the team. “We don’t mince words here. I mean it. If you don’t come outside, we are going to kick your door in, and we’re going to drag you out in the yard, and all your neighbors and family are going to see you getting cuffed and going to jail.”
“I’ll let you do the acronym of Sheriff High Intensity Target,” Ivey said about the elite team. “We are going to kick your door in, and we’re going to drag you out in the yard.” (Fox News Digital | Hannah Grossman)
MESS AROUND AND FIND OUT PROGRAM
The sheriff believes that members of his team need to have fun while they are carrying out their duties.
“We mix a little bit of humor in most of our stuff. I find that the citizens accept that because they know we have fun and doing our jobs. And some people get a little offended,” he said. “I don’t apologize for putting bad people in jail. I don’t care if their feelings get hurt.”
Another program the sheriff is currently considering is called “Mess Around and Find Out.”
“We’ve often thought about getting t-shirts made to give the criminals when they get out that says, ‘I messed around in Brevard County and found out,’” he said. “What’s ironic is those that are sitting in our jail right now, I can walk through that jail, and they all respect me. They all know we don’t play.”
He added, “When our deputies’ cars pull up, [criminals] know games are over. We’re here to do the job. They respect it.”
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WHEEL OF FUGITIVE
The Wheel of Fugitive is a weekly game show that determines who will be targeted for arrest that day.
“The Wheel of Fugitive started because I was talking to a civic group one day, and I was telling them about how many fugitives we had. I kind of jokingly said my idea is to have a big giant wheel and spin it, whoever it lands on that’s who we’re arresting that day. Well, everybody applauded, and so I decided to field test it,” the sheriff said.
Florida’s Brevard County sheriff explains his “Wheel of Fugitive” game show. “It’s about being partners with your citizens and engaging them, getting them to come to the table.” (Fox News Digital | Hannah Grossman)
As for the success of Wheel of Fugitive? The sheriff said 88% of those that are on the wheel either turn themselves in or are captured within the first 3 to 5 days.
“So it works. Really, it’s about being partners with your citizens and engaging them, getting them to come to the table,” he said.
Regarding the trends of political correctness when discussing criminal behavior, the sheriff said it should be immediately discarded.
“I wasn’t elected to protect people’s little feelings. I was elected to protect our citizens, our cops and our Constitution. And that’s what I’m going to do,” he said. “We need our law enforcement leaders that are going to stand on the edge and dare you to cross the line and break the law. That’s what we need.”
“The message is very simple: If you think you want to be a criminal, my advice to you is don’t do it. But if you can’t help yourself, and you have to be a criminal, you better go to Orange County [in California] where they let criminals do what they want over there,” he continued. “Because if you do it in Brevard County, you’re going to mess around and find out.”
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Florida driver hits student with her truck, covers license plate before fleeing, deputies say
A Florida woman was arrested after she allegedly struck a teenager who was crossing the road with her truck, covered her license plate and sped off.
Sarah Wright, 37, was arrested Thursday and charged with leaving the scene of a crash with injuries and driving with a suspended license.
The crash happened shortly before 4 p.m. at the intersection of Gage Avenue and Noah Street in Deltona, Florida, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.
The victim, a 16-year-old boy, was riding his scooter home from Pine Ridge High School when he was struck by a black Chevrolet Silverado as he was using the crosswalk, the sheriff’s office said.
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Sarah Wright, 37, is facing charges of leaving the scene of a crash with injuries and driving with a suspended license. (Flagler County Jail)
The teenager fell to the ground, resulting in a serious laceration to the back of his head as well as an arm injury, but he remained alert and conscious after the incident.
A witness reported that she was checking her mailbox nearby when she heard the crash. She told investigators that the suspect, later identified as Wright, exited her truck after the crash and checked on the boy before she went back to her vehicle and covered her license plate with paper and tape.
But the witness still managed to see the first character of her tag. A neighborhood Ring camera also captured the truck fleeing the scene.
A witness managed to see the first character on the truck’s tag and a neighborhood Ring camera captured the vehicle fleeing the scene. (Volusia County Sheriff’s Office)
The victim and the witness were also able to provide a detailed description of the suspect.
Officials were then able to locate a suspect vehicle captured on a nearby License Plate Reader camera within minutes.
Wright was found in Flagler County and taken into custody with assistance from Florida Highway Patrol and the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.
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Sarah Wright was booked into the Flagler County Jail on a $3,500 bond. (iStock)
She was booked into the Flagler County Jail on a $3,500 bond.
The teenage victim required staples for the laceration and treatment for his arm injury, but he is expected to make a full recovery.
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A child was hospitalized on Saturday after being hit by a drone that was part of an Orlando, Florida holiday drone show.
According to the Orlando Fire Department, a 7-year-old boy was transported to the hospital because of injuries sustained from the falling drones, FOX 35 in Orlando reported.
In a video posted online by X user MosquitoCoFl, hundreds of drones being used as part of an aerial light show appeared to be flying into position before several started falling from the sky before slamming to the ground.
A man could be heard saying to children nearby, “Oh no! I don’t believe they’re supposed to be falling.”
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Several drones malfunctioned during a drone show in Orlando, Florida on Saturday, sending the unmanned aerial objects crashing to the ground. (Credit – X/MosquitoCoFL)
Geese also appear on the water, flapping their wings to try and get out of the way of the chaotic scene.
City officials told the station the holiday drone show was permitted by the FAA.
Still, after one drone show went wrong, the city chose to cancel the second that night at 8 p.m. due to “technical difficulties.”
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Several drones malfunctioned during a drone show in Orlando, Florida on Saturday, sending the unmanned aerial objects crashing to the ground. (Credit – X/MosquitoCoFL)
The FAA told Fox News Digital it will investigate the cause of the drone show malfunction.
“Several small drones collided and fell into a crowd during a holiday drone show over [Eola] Lake in Orlando, Florida,” the FAA said. “The incident occurred around 6:45 p.m. local time on Saturday, December 21.”
According to the agency, drone arrays and light shows are subject to FAA regulations and typically require a waiver to a regulation that prohibits operating more than one drone at a time.
For each drone show application, the FAA looks at things like the software controlling the drones, procedures for setting up safe and restricted areas to keep people a safe distance from the show, procedures if drones fail, and procedures for when an aircraft gets too close to the show.
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Several drones malfunctioned during a drone show in Orlando, Florida on Saturday, sending the unmanned aerial objects crashing to the ground. (Credit – X/MosquitoCoFL)
Additionally, the FAA reviews how the operator will keep the drones inside a confined area using Geofencing, and whether the operator has an adequate number of people to run the show.
For the second year, the City of Orlando used Sky Elements Drones as its vendor to operate the drones, the station reported.
Sky Elements Drones did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment on the matter.
In a statement to Fox 35, the vendor said, “Sky Elements Drones wants to extend our sincere hope for a full and speedy recovery to those impacted at our Lake Eola show in Orlando on Saturday, Dec. 21.
“The well-being of our audience is our utmost priority, and we regret any distress or inconvenience caused,” the company continued. “We are diligently working with the FAA and City of Orlando officials to determine the cause and are committed to establishing a clear picture of what transpired. Millions of people see our shows annually, and we are committed to maintaining the highest safety regulations set forth by the FAA.”
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Florida boy has open heart surgery after being hit by drone at holiday show, parents say, NTSB investigating
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating an accident in which a 7-year-old Florida boy was struck by at least one drone at a holiday airshow over the weekend, resulting in him having to undergo open-heart surgery.
The NTSB on Wednesday said it was investigating the Saturday night malfunction at an aerial light show in Lake Eola Park in downtown Orlando.
Adriana Edgerton and Jessica Lumsden, parents of Alexander, said one of the red and green-lit drones struck him and knocked him out upon impact, causing a chest injury, Fox Orlando reported.
Hundreds of drones being used as part of a Saturday night aerial light show in Lake Eola Park in downtown Orlando appeared to be flying into position before several started falling from the sky before slamming to the ground, according to videos posted online.
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Alexander, a 7-year-old boy, has undergone heart surgery after he was struck by a falling drone during a holiday airshow in Orlando, his parents said. (Fox Orlando )
“Before they went down, the green one went straight at us. I went to the left. My son went to the right, and it hit my son,” Lumsden told the news outlet.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the boy’s parents.
The city canceled the show after the drones crashed.
“Due to technical difficulties, the 8 p.m. Holiday Drone Show at Lake Eola has been canceled. We apologize for any inconvenience,” the city posted on X.
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Several drones malfunctioned during a drone show in Orlando, Florida on Saturday, sending the unmanned aerial objects crashing to the ground. (Credit – X/MosquitoCoFL)
It was not clear what led to the drone difficulties.
The vendor for the drone show, Sky Elements Drones, told the news outlet it wanted to extend “our sincere hope for the full and speedy recovery to those impacted” at the show.
“The well-being of our audience is of the upmost priority, and we regret any distress or inconvenience caused,” the company said. “We are diligently working with the FAA and City of Orlando officials to determine the cause and are committed to establishing a clear picture of what transpired. Millions of people see our shows annually, and we are committed to maintaining the highest safety regulations set forth by the FAA.”
Several drones malfunctioned during a drone show in Orlando, Florida on Saturday, sending the unmanned aerial objects crashing to the ground. (Credit – X/MosquitoCoFL)
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating the malfunction.
Drone arrays and light shows are subject to FAA regulations and typically require a waiver to a regulation that prohibits operating more than one drone at a time, the agency said.
Fox News Digital’s Greg Wehner contributed to this report.
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