{"id":1069083,"date":"2021-11-30T15:14:23","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T20:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1069083"},"modified":"2021-11-30T15:14:25","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T20:14:25","slug":"ron-desantis-floats-major-pay-increases-for-law-enforcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-floats-major-pay-increases-for-law-enforcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron DeSantis Floats Major Pay Increases for Law Enforcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fron-desantis-floats-major-pay-increases-for-law-enforcement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1069083&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday announced he is pitching significant pay increases to support the men and women of law enforcement in the next budget.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs most of you remember, you go back last year, the summer of 2020, you had huge movements in different parts of the country, municipalities, even state levels, to attack law enforcement, to defund law enforcement,\u201d DeSantis said during a press conference in Orlando, Florida, speaking&nbsp;behind a podium reading, \u201cFlorida Supports Law Enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAnd many municipalities did take a huge chunk out of their law enforcement budgets,\u201d he continued, noting they are not trying to figure out how to get it back in due to skyrocketing crime.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s truly been one of the most disastrous policies that anyone\u2019s ever tried to implement \u2014 this whole defund law enforcement. And you see the effects of this every single day in jurisdictions\u201d that introduce policies that are soft on crime, he continued.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis said he is proud that Florida \u201cnever budged an inch\u201d and stood with law enforcement as others walked away, going the extra mile and including thousand-dollar bonuses for every sworn law enforcement officer, first responder, and EMT in the current budget. He wants to carry that on to the next budget as well.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18948250\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"39\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18948250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/desantis-first-responders-checks-getty.jpg\" alt width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">SURFSIDE, FLORIDA \u2013 AUGUST 10: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis presents a check to a first responder during an event to give out bonuses to them held at the Grand Beach Hotel Surfside on August 10, 2021 in Surfside, Florida. DeSantis gave out some of the $1,000 checks that the Florida state budget passed for both first responders and teachers across the state. (Photo by Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI am proud to propose larger and longer-lasting measures to help our state recruit and retain the best law enforcement officers in the nation and to provide $1,000 bonuses for first responders and law enforcement officers for the second year in a row,\u201d he announced.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis ultimately aims to include a $73 million increase for officers, increasing the minimum pay for entry-level state law officers by 20 percent \u201cto help our state law enforcement agencies recruit\u201d more individuals. Additionally, he is proposing to increase the pay for veteran officers as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy proposal also includes an increase in pay of 25 percent for all other state sworn law enforcement personnel to help our state law enforcement agencies retain the folks we already have and also to reward them for hard work serving and protecting Floridians,\u201d DeSantis said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"VideoEnhancement-player\">\n<div class=\"ScrippsHTML5VideoPlayer\" data-video-id readability=\"18.671334431631\">\n<div class=\"scripps_iframe_embed\" readability=\"36.970514950166\">\n<blockquote readability=\"12\">\n<p>In addition, the governor is asking for $124 million from the Legislature to increase salaries for correctional officers at state prisons, bringing the base salary up to $20 an hour.<\/p>\n<p>The governor wants to also use $11 million for the Department of Juvenile Justice to increase minimum pay for juvenile detention officers to $17 an hour and $19 an hour for juvenile probation officers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIncreasing salaries for state law enforcement by 20 and 25 percent respectively is going to make a real difference for those officers [and] their families,\u201d DeSantis added.<\/p>\n<p>In August, DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/08\/18\/ron-desantis-announces-initiative-to-recruit-police-officers-to-florida-signing-bonuses-scholarship-program\/\">presented<\/a> his administration\u2019s priority of recruiting law enforcement officers in Florida, previewing signing bonuses, out-of-state relocation support, and an academy scholarship program.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Last month, the governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/25\/ron-desantis-seeks-5k-bonuses-for-unvaccinated-police-officers-who-relocate-to-florida\/\">revealed<\/a> he is hoping to sign legislation giving $5,000 bonuses to out-of-state officers who relocate to the Sunshine State\u2014 particularly those who are forced to leave their jobs due to vaccine mandates.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, NYPD, Minneapolis, Seattle, if you\u2019re not being treated well, we will treat you better here,\u201d he said. \u201cYou can fill important needs for us, and we will compensate you as a result.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gov. 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