A.G. Gancarski
Efforts to recruit police officers (both new ones from Florida and veteran cops from other states) are ongoing through the Florida Law Enforcement Recruitment Bonus Program, with the state dishing out more than 1,000 bonuses to recruit officers this year.
FloridaCommerce says the state has “welcomed more than 400 recruits from anti-police jurisdictions like Illinois, California, and New York,” paying out 5,407 bonuses of $5,000 in total, with 1,340 of them paid out this year alone.
“Under Governor Ron DeSantis’ leadership, Florida is and will remain a pro law enforcement state,” said Florida Secretary of Commerce J. Alex Kelly. “This program continues to attract officers eager to pursue a career in law enforcement to our great state because we believe in supporting those who serve and protect our communities.”
DeSantis billed the program upon his signing of the authorizing legislation three years ago as a way to bring in cops who are “sick and tired of the mistreatment they experience to bring their skills to Florida.”
In 2022, DeSantis said the payments were a way to show Florida stood by cops after “riots” in the wake of the police murder of George Floyd in 2020.
“We are going to move heaven and earth to make sure this state remains a law-and-order state,” DeSantis said at a presser in Cape Coral. “We’re not going to let them take it away from us.”
Earlier this year, the situation at America’s southern border was a justification for the bonus payouts as well.
“As the (Joe) Biden Border Crisis rages on and fentanyl continues to flow over our southern border, it is more important now than ever to support our law enforcement agencies with the funding and support they need to protect our communities,” DeSantis said in January 2024.
Cops who get the checks have to stay on the beat for two years, otherwise they will have to pay back at least some of the money.
10 comments
otoh
August 1, 2024 at 12:02 pm
A POLICE STATE, you say?
ELVIS
August 1, 2024 at 6:51 pm
Good evening Sage Patriots & Dook 4 Brains Leftys,
Everyone join me in praise for our 2028 – 2036 POTUS and First Lady, RON & THE BEAUTIFUL CASEY DESANTIS for keeping Florida safe by hireing all these Sage Officers of The Law.
Remember, Ron is heading put to Dook-a -fornia next week to raise Millions of Dollars and registar millions of Trump voters.
Thank you Ron and Casey we wish you well,
ELVIS
JD
August 5, 2024 at 7:16 am
Careful Earl Shitts, The Ronald McDonald is going to kick your ass with his platform shrimp boats you keep pushing up on his wife. With all your talk of sphincters, we all know you have bad intentions.
ELVIS "The BIG Voice On The Right"
August 5, 2024 at 9:11 pm
Good evening JD,
Thankfully the Hurricane has left Florida. Do you know what else has left? My storm related Chastizement moratorium thats what has also left.
JD you are hereby placed under a Painfull Chastizement for 3 days which is inclusive of the masturbation ban JD.
Thats correct you are forbidden from wanking until this coming Thursday at 9:15PM Eastern Standard Time.
Feel the burn for your potty mouth and your lack of respect to me JD. You may have one day of Chastizement waived for a $75.00 donation to my Fan Club. So if you are going to need to wank starting Wednesday at 9:15 PM the $75.00 donation is your only option.
Thank you JD
ELVIS
Eduardo Slave
August 6, 2024 at 5:49 am
👆 Earl Pitts AkA Mr. Tropical 2 ocean wind.
JD
August 6, 2024 at 9:22 am
Again Earl Shitts, you brought this upon yourself with your sphincter infatuation, and DOOK 4 BRAINS cult following.
Don’t blame us for your mental shortcomings. As much as we are sympathetic to the “slow folk”, we cannot allow the governance of the whole to be dictated by lunacy.
So man up your big boy panties and stop being a dipsh!t. Just embrace your newest POTUS Harris and the Democratic Blue wave of Florida in 2026. You will thank me later.
Thank you Shitts.
MH/Duuuval
August 1, 2024 at 2:41 pm
Wonder how many bad apples are in this batch of police migrants?
Sean Culliton
August 1, 2024 at 5:08 pm
Were these bonuses included in their overtime pay calculations?
S
August 3, 2024 at 10:55 am
You mean the w mans drug and get on the street for STDs while the order for chems comes in
Becky Kelly
August 6, 2024 at 5:48 am
Buy a couple more votes there buddy. You’re corrupt. Plenty tax payer don’t want you buying votes with their money. So much for being against redistribution as well.
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