{"id":1247007,"date":"2022-01-27T11:07:34","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T16:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1247007"},"modified":"2022-01-27T11:07:41","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T16:07:41","slug":"florida-police-chiefs-association-endorses-ron-desantis-reelection-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-police-chiefs-association-endorses-ron-desantis-reelection-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Police Chiefs Association Endorses Ron DeSantis Reelection Bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fflorida-police-chiefs-association-endorses-ron-desantis-reelection-bid%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=1247007&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\">The Florida Police Chiefs Association (FPCA) endorsed Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019s (R) in his bid for reelection on Wednesday, asserting the Republican has \u201calways had our back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stephan Dembinsky,&nbsp;FPCA President and Daytona Beach Shores Public Safety Department director, made the announcement this week.<\/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 class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThe Florida Police Chiefs Association is proud to support an extraordinary public servant like Governor DeSantis, and we look forward to continuing our work with him on behalf of the people of Florida,\u201d Dembinsky said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Notably, the police FPCA is the \u201cthird-largest state police chiefs association in the country,\u201d as WCJB <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcjb.com\/2022\/01\/26\/florida-police-chief-association-endorses-desantis-2022-election\/\">noted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cFrom his commitment to safe communities and defending the rule of law, to his concern for officer wellness, to his unwavering support for the profession of law enforcement through better pay and bonuses to help agencies recruit and retain the most capable, professional of\ufb01cers, Governor DeSantis has always had our back, and now we have his,\u201d Dembinsky added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19649530\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1045091024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19649530\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1045091024-1024x754-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"729\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Ron DeSantis speaks as his running mate Jeanette Nunez (R) and others listen as they attend an event put on by the Police Benevolent Association in Palm Beach County on October 3, 2018 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">DeSantis has also received the support of dozens of sheriffs, as well as the&nbsp;Florida Police Benevolent Association, as he has consistently made law and order a priority throughout his tenure in the Sunshine State.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to receive the endorsement from the Florida Police Chief\u2019s Association. Florida\u2019s police chiefs consistently answer the call of upholding law and order in our state,\u201d DeSantis said upon news of the endorsement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThank you for your service to the people of Florida and for your support,\u201d he added:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#8217;s an honor to receive the endorsement from the Florida Police Chief&#8217;s Association.<\/p>\n<p>Florida&#8217;s police chiefs consistently answer the call of upholding law and order in our state. Thank you for your service to the people of Florida and for your support. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vV94zTUIrm\">pic.twitter.com\/vV94zTUIrm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantisFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonDeSantisFL\/status\/1486407487406419971?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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\/\">announced<\/a> an initiative to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>recruit police officers to Florida, announcing an effort which included singing bonuses, an academy scholarship program, as well as out-of-state relocation support. Throughout the pandemic, he has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/25\/ron-desantis-seeks-5k-bonuses-for-unvaccinated-police-officers-who-relocate-to-florida\/\">defended<\/a> first responders as they faced ultimatums over vaccine mandates.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>DeSantis is not the only Republican politician in Florida to receive an endorsement this week, as 55 sheriffs across the state this week formally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/24\/bipartisan-group-55-florida-sheriffs-endorse-marco-rubios-senate-reelection-bid\/\">endorsed<\/a> Sen. Marco Rubio\u2019s (R-FL) Senate reelection bid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Florida Police Chiefs Association (FPCA) endorsed Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019s (R) in his bid for reelection on Wednesday, asserting the Republican has \u201calways had our back.\u201d Stephan Dembinsky,\u00a0FPCA President and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1247007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1247007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1247007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1247007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1247007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1247007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1247007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}