Escambia County

Prankster Filled Lifeguard Truck With Bait Fish

Pensacola Beach's director of public safety isn't laughing about a prank pulled on lifeguards.
 
In fact, Bob West is still fuming after lifeguards reporting for duty on Sunday morning found the bed of one of their patrol trucks filled with dead, stinking bait fish.
 
West told the Pensacola News Journal that for the two hours it took to clean up the bloody mess, lifeguards were not on the beach protecting swimmers.
 
The truck had to be thoroughly cleaned because they transport patients in the back of the vehicle.
 
West says he's not sure security cameras caught the vandalism. But he's filing a complaint with Escambia County's beach deputies.
 
If the culprits are caught, West says he believes they should be ordered to wash lifeguard trucks as community service.

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