As many as 14 armed Orange County deputies, including narcotics agents, stormed Strictly Skillz barbershop during business hours on a Saturday in August, handcuffing barbers in front of customers during a busy back-to-school weekend.
It was just one of a series of unprecedented raid-style inspections the Orange County Sheriff's Office recently conducted with a state regulating agency, targeting several predominantly black- and Hispanic-owned barbershops in the Pine Hills area.
In "sweeps" on Aug. 21 and Sept. 17 targeting at least nine shops, deputies arrested 37 people — the majority charged with "barbering without a license," a misdemeanor that state records show only three other people have been jailed in Florida in the past 10 years.
The operations were conducted without warrants, under the authority of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation inspectors, who can enter salons at will.
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| Getting illegal barbers off the streets one at a time |
...Asked why his unit made arrests for licensing violations, (Orange County sheriff's Capt. Dave) Ogden said: "It was a misdemeanor crime being committed in our presence. We decided to make arrests."How long before SWAT teams get called in? "PUT THE COMB AND SCISSORS DOWN!... SLOWLY..."
But many of the barbers who were swept up in the operations are still angry months later.
"They made a big charade about it," barber Jason Abrams said, "like we were selling drugs or something."
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That is the reason why I always take up florida barbers continuing education to keep my license current. To avoid complication with the Government.
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