DeSantis's $13.5m police program lures officers with violent records to Florida

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/22/ron-desantis-police-relocation-violent-records

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Numerous police officers lured to new jobs in Florida with cash from Governor Ron DeSantis’s flagship law enforcement relocation program have histories of excessive violence or have been arrested for crimes including kidnapping and murder since signing up, a study of state documents has found.

DeSantis, who is expected to launch his campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination this week, has spent more than $13.5m to date on the recruitment bonus program, which he touted in 2021 as an incentive to officers in other states frustrated by Covid-19 vaccination mandates.

“This will go a long way to ensuring we can have the best and the brightest filling our law enforcement ranks,” Florida’s Republican attorney general, Ashley Moody, said in April last year as DeSantis announced one-time $5,000 bonuses for new recruits.

However, among the almost 600 officers who moved to Florida and received the bonus – or were recruited in state – are a sizable number who either arrived with a range of complaints against them, or have since accrued criminal charges, the online media outlet Daily Dot has discovered.

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[dembotoz]

1. brown shirts

[MOMFUDSKI]

2. Beat

me to it!

[marble falls]

4. What's UPS got to do with it???

[marble falls]

3. Strange twist to the expression, "beat cop'. Frankly I'm suprised they had to put out anything ...

... past a welcome mat.

[2naSalit]

5. We'll know...

Where they are when it's time to round 'em up.