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02-21-2011, 01:37 AM #1
FHP to be Dismantled
Greetings fellow Officers, this is what every DHSMV Employee recived by our ED on Friday afternoon at 5:06 p.m..
This is our director that wants to dicmantel FHP and allow the sheiff's office to take it all.
From: Jones, Julie
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 05:06 PM
To: DHSMV-Everyone
Subject: Legislative Update
Dear Members,
The Department has worked diligently over the past few years to find operational efficiencies and reduce spending. The State’s budget deficit requires lawmakers to continue to do the same. A number of ideas are being discussed that could affect the way the Department and/or FHP are organized. Legislative committees are meeting and all ideas are options at this point, as no bills have been filed. It is important to remember that we are early in the Legislative process and the ideas being discussed today could change multiple times before session ends. Those ideas include:
· Motor Carrier Compliance being moved from DOT to FHP
DHSMV being moved to DOT
· Motor Carrier Compliance and FHP being moved to FDLE
· FHP being dismantled and Sheriff’s performing traffic enforcement
Department leadership is working with the Legislature to discuss the impact of each option. I will continue to keep you apprised of issues that affect you.
- Julie
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02-21-2011, 01:58 AM #2
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Re: FHP to be Dismantled
This is why the Sheriff's from all 67 counties need to man up and stand up for themselves and their people. Sadly, I feel that most of the Sheriff's, including ours, even though they are elected officials will puss out and bow dow down to whatever the Governor and budget gods recommend. I am a republican but the republican party is loosing it's common sence. What we need is another Ronald Reagan. Someone with some big balls and alot of common sence. Unfortunately our county and state are lacking any eleccted officials with either.
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02-21-2011, 03:12 PM #3
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Re: FHP to be Dismantled
This has been going on for a year now.
From what I have heard there is a very good chance that FHP, Marine & Wildlife, DOT and any other law enforcement branch under the state could very well end up under FDLE and ran as divisions. Thus we would have a true state police force through consolidation.
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02-21-2011, 03:30 PM #4
Re: FHP to be Dismantled
The juggling of state agencies from one department to another doesn't really represent any opportunities for significant savings. Everyone is still paid out of the state purse.
The idea that saves money is dismantling FHP and leaving traffic enforcement to the Sheriffs.
The Sheriff's won't want it. First of all, aggressive traffic enforcement is not popular and the Sheriff's need to get re-elected. Second, they would have to add more deputies since they wouldn't have sufficient personnel to take on the added duties and budgets are too tight to do this.
It is significant that they won't want it because the Florida Sheriff's Association is a powerful political block which has influenced the laws passed by the state legislature for years. That's why we don't have a true State Police and FDLE is only a plainclothes investigative agency.
That is not to say that any of the listed options are off the table.
Lunacy abounds.
:cop: :cop: :cop:
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02-22-2011, 02:32 AM #5
Re: FHP to be Dismantled
What is the "Florida Highway Patrol"? Does anybody know if this agency exists in Hillsborough County? Very confusing, since all along I always thought that the ONLY State law enforcement agency in or around Hillsborough County was named the "Were 10-6 with A Unknown 10-52". Oh well, learn something new every day.
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02-22-2011, 11:00 AM #6
Re: FHP to be Dismantled
Originally Posted by HMMM
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02-22-2011, 12:28 PM #7
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03-01-2011, 03:54 AM #8
Re: FHP to be Dismantled
I work in Pinellas and FHP refuses to work so many of their crashes that we now have a call code for it in CAD - SIG 4 FHP REFUSED. Why have them if they obviously aren't essential? I get tired of their dispatch advising us they only have 1 trooper county wide and they cannot handle their responsibilities. Take your calls or get dismantled.
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03-01-2011, 03:42 PM #9
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03-01-2011, 03:43 PM #10
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