During this time of year we always seem to get a rise in the number of door-to-door salespeople in Highlands County. Everything from vacuum cleaners to frozen meat to floor cleaners and water treatments, people are coming around offering to sell you the best product ever!

Door-to-door salespeople do not have to be licensed in Highlands County so unless they give you background information it’s not going to be on file at the county and they have not been verified. Fortunately, we are seeing the number of victims decreasing over the years, likely due to the vigilance of our Neighborhood Watch groups and a concentrated effort on the parts of the Crime Prevention Unit, Road Patrol and Criminal Investigations, but we still have people that make deals they wish they hadn’t made.