Ted Sperling Park (on Lido Key)

June 17, 2024

Excerpt from email from Lido Key resident to City Commissioners:

I want to bring your attention to the growing problems we are facing here on Lido Key and the response we are receiving from the local police which here in Lido Key is inadequate. I want to share the incidents that have happened over the past couple of weekends here on Lido Key.

Over the past several weekends cars have been coming from Ted Sperling Park in the late evenings playing loud music with loud mufflers parking their vehicles illegally at residential buildings and causing a nuisance.

A police officer had to stop by our building (a minor issue) and chatted with our building manager, Dave. Dave mentioned that over the Memorial Day weekend, the beach in front of our building got quite congested, more like the July 4th boat race weekend. There were people with grills (which are not allowed there), playing loud music, etc. The officer replied that at any given time, there is only one officer here, covering Lido Key, St Armands, Lido Shores, and Bird Key, which is not enough. He also said that we were likely getting spillover from S Lido (Ted Sperling) Park, where the police are getting stricter. The officer said residents should write to the City Commissioners, requesting more police presence, especially on busy weekends.