Florida Cities Can Force Condominium, Apartment Complexes To Hire Security, Says State AG

The South Florida Sun Sentinel reports:

• Is your condominium association ready to fight crime?More importantly, can it afford to hire at least one professional security guard? It soon could have no choice. Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum ruled last month that cities in this state have the authority to force condo associations and apartment complexes to hire security guards. His opinion came in response to questions from Sunny Isles Beach in Miami-Dade County, where police several months ago began calling for more help patrolling condo communities. A workshop showed a rash of petty crimes and car burglaries were taking place.

For more, see Cities can require condo associations to hire security guards.

For the Florida AG's advisory legal opinion, see AGO 2009-08: Municipalities, security services for condominiums.