Cape Coral "Pool Crew" Mitigates One Public Safety Hazard Of Foreclosures

In Cape Coral, Florida, The News Press reports:

• City-hired crews are fencing off and boarding up swimming pools at homes throughout Cape Coral that have been abandoned because of foreclosures. The city is paying for the work because the pools - where fences or screened enclosures have fallen down, or have been stolen by thieves who sell the metal to recyclers - are a danger to children, said Frank Cassidy, head of Cape Coral's Code Compliance Division. So far, no children have been hurt in the abandoned pools, Cassidy said. "That's one of our biggest fears. We don't want that to happen. That's why we go to the trouble of securing them. This is a public safety issue," he said.

For more, see Cape Coral crews barricade abandoned pools (Move at city expense is to protect children).

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