SARASOTA -For some senior citizens life alone can be tough. That’s why south Sarasota County police departments are check in to see if they’re all right.
Every day 911 dispatchers at the Venice and North Port Police Department call seniors at the Senior Assistance Freedom Enrichment to check up on them and see how they are doing.
For many family visits are rare but they have reassurance someone cares when they get a call from the men and women in blue. The officers even go as far as visit the seniors when they don’t answer their calls just to make sure they are okay.