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State Troopers to Help During Spring Break
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday said 140 state troopers will be deployed to 17 communities to help local police maintain order during spring break.
DeSantis said during an appearance at the Miami Beach Convention Center that the communities will include Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Miami Beach, Daytona Beach and Panama City Beach.
“The state’s got a lot going on. It’s a fun place to be, especially if you’re in some of these other jurisdictions, I can understand you come and really have an opportunity to have fun. And we want to see people do that,” DeSantis said.
“But we also are going to insist that people respect the law. That order is kept in the streets. And that our residents and local businesses are not negatively impacted by people who are here visiting.”
DeSantis had earlier said the state would help communities, and 17 local governments requested the aid.
“We fulfilled the requests that are there,” DeSantis said.
He said people going to traditional spring break hotspots should expect such things as crowd control, DUI checkpoints, barricades and license-plate readers to identify people with outstanding warrants and stolen vehicles.
