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[quote="Guest"]In my district, we only have 1 Trooper patrolling 3 counties on mids 4 nights a week. It they call in sick, we don't have anybody out. If a wreck happens, they call somebody from the PM or AM shift out of bed. All 3 counties had the Interstate running through them. Kind of difficult to shut the Interstate down when nobody's working at all? Glad the arsonist didn't decide to visit one of our counties.[/quote]

I think the average public citizen would be stunned to know this is a fact. If you told them this, they'd laugh and say you were lying. Why the media ignores this elephant in the room is beyond me? Print the truth. Then ask the speaker of the senate, speaker of the house, and the governor in a public interview to comment on your findings and to explain this absence of public safety. Public safety is about the only real reason to have a government. Government leaders are responsible for properly funding it and providing the necessary resources. In my view, they have failed miserably. Somebody should call them on it.

If this investigation does not show that we need more Troopers on the road then we all need to move on to another state. Please come to Florida and if you have an incident on the Interstate or any major road we will send you a Deputy or City Police officer to assist you when they are caught up with the alarm calls. We have a lot of thunder storms in Florida and you know those house alarms go off in bad weather.

I understand you car is flipped over in the center of the Interstate with injuries but we have to clear out these alarm calls first. This is an election year and the Sheriff does not want any alarms going off for more then a few minutes. Every vote counts.

No thank you. We need State Troopers that are ready to respond right away. We need more Troopers working the Interstate.

:| [quote="Guest"][quote="Guest"]In my district, we only have 1 Trooper patrolling 3 counties on mids 4 nights a week. It they call in sick, we don't have anybody out. If a wreck happens, they call somebody from the PM or AM shift out of bed. All 3 counties had the Interstate running through them. Kind of difficult to shut the Interstate down when nobody's working at all? Glad the arsonist didn't decide to visit one of our counties.[/quote]



Sorry pal to burst your bubble but what are you talking about? You are just a bonus. The Sheriff's Office covers ALL the counties and only needs a Trooper if there is a wreck. It doesnt matter if a Trooper patrols a county or not. "I patrol three counties in my District" Wooooo like you are some lone Alaska State Trooper covering all this terrain. You handle crashes. All you have to worry about is x65 sig 4. The Sheriffs in Florida will handle the rest. If the Sheriffs need more manpower they call in more or call the surrounding counties. The idea of 1 or 2 troopers has never even made it to the table when addtional manpower is needed for law enforcment. The only time the word Trooper even comes up if there is a severe injury and the Sheriff's Office has other priority calls in back log. :shock:[/quote]


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[quote="Guest"]In my district, we only have 1 Trooper patrolling 3 counties on mids 4 nights a week. It they call in sick, we don't have anybody out. If a wreck happens, they call somebody from the PM or AM shift out of bed. All 3 counties had the Interstate running through them. Kind of difficult to shut the Interstate down when nobody's working at all? Glad the arsonist didn't decide to visit one of our counties.[/quote]



Sorry pal to burst your bubble but what are you talking about? You are just a bonus. The Sheriff's Office covers ALL the counties and only needs a Trooper if there is a wreck. It doesnt matter if a Trooper patrols a county or not. "I patrol three counties in my District" Wooooo like you are some lone Alaska State Trooper covering all this terrain. You handle crashes. All you have to worry about is x65 sig 4. The Sheriffs in Florida will handle the rest. If the Sheriffs need more manpower they call in more or call the surrounding counties. The idea of 1 or 2 troopers has never even made it to the table when addtional manpower is needed for law enforcment. The only time the word Trooper even comes up if there is a severe injury and the Sheriff's Office has other priority calls in back log. :shock:

FDLE has no power to enforce traffic statutes.

In my district, we only have 1 Trooper patrolling 3 counties on mids 4 nights a week. It they call in sick, we don't have anybody out. If a wreck happens, they call somebody from the PM or AM shift out of bed. All 3 counties had the Interstate running through them. Kind of difficult to shut the Interstate down when nobody's working at all? Glad the arsonist didn't decide to visit one of our counties.

[quote="Guest"]Oh sure that is right there next to the gay sticker about driving in water turn around. Anyone notice the new Dodge Charger. Cant even see State troope ron the back and the inside is a freaking match box. This was a great idea. How about a Tahoe where we can actually put our gear and sit. Not that I care for Chevy's but the Impala and the Caprience have more room. Iguess it boild down to best bid get its[/quote]

I suggest we get the Impala since they are cheapest on the state bid. We can use the savings to educate this Trooper on how to spell and the use of proper grammar.

Oh sure that is right there next to the gay sticker about driving in water turn around. Anyone notice the new Dodge Charger. Cant even see State troope ron the back and the inside is a freaking match box. This was a great idea. How about a Tahoe where we can actually put our gear and sit. Not that I care for Chevy's but the Impala and the Caprience have more room. Iguess it boild down to best bid get its

You are an idiot.

[size=150][b]License to Arrogance[/b][/size]
After 26 years of enforcing the traffic laws in this state and working along other dedicated officers to keep our highways safe, we are, at times, confronted by all that Mother Nature can throw at us. Fires, Fog, Smoke, High Winds, Tropical Storms, Tornadoes, or any combination thereof, are not unusual for this state. Attempting to manage the unforeseen and unpredictable is hardly an envious position to be in when people’s lives are at stake. This state experiences dozens of such events that the FHP manages every year without much notice. Except from the public that is inconvenienced and the elected officials that demand the roads are opened immediately.
What is also not unusual for this state is the blatant arrogance of our state elected officials. In Mike Schneider’s January 31, 2012 article, “Questions remain in deadly pileup”, the Miami Herald reports that Governor Rick Scott is calling for an immediate investigation into the Florida Highway Patrol’s handling of the incident leading to a massive pile-up and multiple fatality on I-75 on Paine’s Prairie south of Gainesville. Now, this would have been a perfect opportunity for our Governor to “get to work” for a day as a fire fighter or state trooper and try for himself to use a crystal ball and foretell what mother nature will do. He may also discover that communications among emergency personnel is less than adequate and with 2 or 3 troopers working a midnight shift in the Gainesville district, he may further discover that his cut backs have some real life complications for the safety of the citizens of this state. Personally, I welcome the investigation.
What is more interesting, as I read the Herald, is a small article by Steve Bousquet, “Scott to cast vote in Tallahassee”, where the Governor, after 8 years of residence in Naples just updated his driver license to reflect his new address in Tallahassee on January 24th of this year. That means he violated state statute 322..19.2 which reads in part that a person has 10 days to notify the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles of the driver's address change. Failure to do so is a non-moving infraction in the state of Florida. Furthermore, state statue 322.02 states that the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles has the authority to enforce this statute. That would be the Florida Highway Patrol.
Once again, the Governor has publicly and irresponsibly pointed the finger of blame at public employees for political gain. The problem is not with men and women attempting to control the uncontrollable, but with an administration that mandates less troopers and officers on the road with less money to manage and administer proper public safety policy. But given his penchant for ignoring rules and law, I suppose a simple license violation is not worth talking about. And threatening the enforcement agency with “fault” in this most unfortunate crash means he surely won’t be investigated for the violation. Now that's leadership.

The new bumper stickers will read, "If you see smoke don't take it as a joke, don't take another toke exit the interstate folks."

Now thats funny!!

The only bigger joke than this agency is our fliped out Governor.

[quote="Guest"]The outcome of the investigation will be as follows. The Gov. will exonerate us and give us a pay raise. End of story.[/quote]

You forgot we will also get new patrol cars, double the size of the Troopers on the Interstate and get new bumper stickers on all of our patrol cars.

The new bumper stickers will read, "If you see smoke don't take it as a joke, don't take another toke exit the interstate folks."

Remember turn around don't drown bumper stickers?

The outcome of the investigation will be as follows. The Gov. will exonerate us and give us a pay raise. End of story.

First there will be no increase in staffing.

Second FDLE is not going to throw FHP under the bus even if they are found to be completely wrong. FDLE will cover it up enough to limit any law suits that will come from this.

You can't investigate yourself and expect the investigation to be valid. In this case the State of Florida is investigating itself.

Yes, I know it is a different agency but it is still the State of Florida.

Will some new policies changes come? Yes.