Governor Ron DeSantis awards 4,000th Law Enforcement Recruit Bonus
Press release from the Office of Governor Ron DeSantis
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis gave remarks at the Florida Sheriff’s Association (FSA) Winter Conference and presented the 4,000th bonus through the Law Enforcement Recruitment Bonus Program. This initiative encourages Floridians to join the profession and attracts out-of-state recruits or experienced officers to relocate to Florida. To watch the Governor’s full remarks, click here.
Recruits have moved to Florida from every state and two U.S. Territories, including more than 340 recruits from states such as Illinois, California, and New York. Each of the 4,000 law enforcement officers has received a $5,000 bonus after taxes, bringing the total amount awarded through the program to more than $27 million.
“I am proud to award the 4,000th bonus check to newly recruited officers who have chosen to bring their talents to Florida,” said Governor Ron DeSantis. “As the 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.”
“Under the leadership of Governor DeSantis, Florida is the preeminent law-and-order state,” said Secretary of Commerce J. Alex Kelly. “By reaching 4,000 new officers since the Law Enforcement Recruitment Bonus Program’s inception, we not only support new officers but ensure that veteran Florida officers are supported in their heroic mission to provide safety to their local communities for years to come.”
At the FSA Winter Conference, the Governor presented the 4,000th bonus check of $5,000 through the Law Enforcement Recruitment Bonus Program to Bay County Sheriff’s Deputy Matthew Belthrop. Deputy Belthrop relocated to Florida from Virginia.
Florida is at a 50-year crime low, with overall crime down nearly 10 percent year-over-year. Additionally, murder is down 14 percent, burglary is down 15 percent, and robbery is down 17 percent.
In addition to a $5,000 recruitment bonus, benefits of becoming a Florida law enforcement officer include financial stability, upward mobility, excellent health and retirement benefits, student loan forgiveness programs, home loan programs, and more.
For more information about the Florida Law Enforcement Recruitment Bonus Payment Program, visit www.FloridaJobs.org/Recognition-and-Recruitment
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Thank MR DESANTIS FOR THE GIVING OF ALL FLA OFFICERS Sr.IAM SO PROUD OF MARION COUNTY OCALA PGOOLICE DEPT THIER I A FEW YOUNG HOT HEADS THAT GOT TO BACK THRU TRAINING TRUST OCALA POLICE DEPT CHIEF WILL MAKE SURE THE SOCYAFETY OF HIS PEOPLE ARE ” A” ABOVE Mr.DESANTIS Sr I KNOW MARION AND POLK COUNTY AND GAINESVILLE ARE THE ‘A’ TEAM MARION COUNTY SAVED MY DAUGHTER LIFE IT WILL BE 21 YRS THIS OCT AND MY GRANDDAUGHTER SHE IS DEPLOY IN FEB TO GO AFGHAN I THANK OCALA POLICE DEPT IF THEY SAY MS.GREEN I NEED TO JYMP OFF A MOUNTAIN TO OUR DEPT WHERE AND HOW HIGH GOOD BLESS YOU Mr DESANTIS SR.YOU GOT MY VOTE TRUST PS. IF YOU HAVE ANY EXTRA CASH PLEASE GIVE FIREDEPT AND EMERGENCY SERVICES A RAISE THEY ARE AWSOME TOO THANK THANK YOU Sr.
Real Governors don’t start each public announcement by accusing the president of BS, though politicians still campaigning for national office might. Not only do real governors have to work with the president if they are going to do a good job, but if they are governors of a state like Florida, which regularly gets baled out by the president and the feds during emergencies – not to mention the 1/3 of Florida’s budget which it gets from the feds – they avoid that crap and act responsibility, you know, like Biden does by not insulting DeSantis every chance he gets.
It’s what adults and responsible representatives of the people do, not children like our governor. This guy is a jerk and is not doing his job. He’s still running for president and apparently will keep at it until his term ends.
Jazzman, Except for the part that is borrowed, the Fed budget comes from the States.
If you consider Biden, Harris and the Administration that they have put in place, to be an adults, you have some unreal concept of what an adult is. They are the most petty, deceitful and dishonest group of tyrants we have seen in American history.
Biden, “We’re losing our patience with the unvaccinated.”
Biden, “If you get the shot, you won’t get COVID. If you get the shot, you won’t spread COVID.”
Biden, “MAGA [~40% of the Citizens of the USA] is an existential threat to the Country.”
Biden, “America [the Melting Pot of the World] is systemically racist.”
Biden, “I have no involvement in my son’s [Hunter’s] business dealings. I’ve never made one cent from his work.”
Demonizing Citizens for exercising their Freedom of Autonomy and constantly lying isn’t what adults do. Period.
Thanks for clarifying your partisan approach by cherry picking quotes. (By the way, even the world class liar and prison class low life Trump would never claim he had no involvement in his son’s business dealings.) Most Americans prefer their governor think about what’s best for their state and it’s citizens, not their political career.
By the way – me pointing to the scoreboard – here’s the latest on deaths in America from covid by vaccination status. The Governor’s team has been losing. Citizens have limited autonomy about public health issues when there is a pandemic killing over a million of us. That’s why your kids can’t get into school without being vaccinated.
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/united-states-rates-of-covid-19-deaths-by-vaccination-status
PS Much of the recent money Florida got from the feds was part of the infrastructure bill which most of the GOP – including Kat – opposed. If you remember, she ran on bringing high speed internet to outlying areas. Well, Biden did that with her voting against the bill. The Governor parades around small towns handing out money for programs that was supplied by Biden. They are not unique as GOP leaders around the country are doing the same and bragging about programs they opposed.
Biden can barely speak coherently, let alone string together an insult to aim at someone. Have you heard him lately?
Also Biden probably doesn’t even know who Desantis is.
Biden knows how to get here when DeSantis and Floridians need him after a hurricane or a collapsing building, and has passed more legislation than any president since LBJ to raise manufacturing and oil production to record highs and otherwise righting the trashed economy he inherited from the guy who has always been stupid but now thinks Gov Haley is Nancy Pelosi.