Can someone show DD the door

When Fountain and Binder were here, they were able to hold this off

THANKS DAD
Transferring the Florida Highway Patrol to the Department of Transportation is feasible but could place federal grants at risk. A second alternative would be to transfer the Patrol to the Department of Transportation (DOT) via a type one transfer or to the department’s Motor Carrier Compliance Office by a type two transfer. The Patrol’s functions are generally consistent with DOT’s mission of “providing a safe transportation system that ensures the mobility of people and goods, enhances economic prosperity and preserves the quality of our environment and communities”. However, while DOT’s Motor Carrier Compliance Office employs 256 sworn officers who enforce state truck weight and safety laws, DOT is not primarily a law enforcement agency and the addition of the Patrol would expand the mission of the DOT.
As both the Patrol and the DOT Motor Carrier Compliance Office have field offices, transferring the Patrol to DOT could allow the co-location of field offices and could reduce vehicle and equipment procurement costs through economies of scale. However, as with the FDLE option, this alternative could also create salary disparity issues, as Patrol troopers have a starting salary of $33,977 while Motor Carrier Compliance officers’ entry level salary is $31,880. Also, the transfer could require moving and facility construction costs if the Legislature wished to co-locate the Patrol to the DOT headquarters from the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles’ headquarters; this would also require relocation of the joint dispatch data warehouse and servers if the Legislature wished to move it. A transfer would also require additional support positions in areas such as personnel, budget, and accounting, which are currently being provided by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
A type one or type two transfer would not result in significantly reduced state costs, and may impact the receipt of federal funds. Under a type one transfer, the Patrol would move to the Department of Transportation as a separate unit. Such a transfer would not result in cost savings because the Patrol would retain its current division structure. Under a type two transfer, the Patrol’s activities and resources would be merged into those of the Motor Carrier Compliance Office. This option could produce some savings from reducing duplicative support staff and could result in enhanced organizational knowledge gained through sharing and learning of law enforcement processes, practices, and technology as well as increased investigative coordination. However, it would also create costs for retrofitting or redesigning Patrol vehicles, uniforms, and badges, and would also require cross-training of officers and troopers.
Merging the Patrol with the Motor Carrier Compliance Office under a type two transfer could also make it difficult to ensure that the truck weight and safety enforcement duties currently performed by the Motor Carrier Compliance Office would receive the same level of attention due to the need to dispatch personnel to handle traffic crashes. A decrease in activities undertaken by the Motor Carrier Compliance Office could result in the loss of Federal highway funds related to the state’s weight and safety enforcement efforts. According to DOT officials, the state could lose 10% of federal highway funding for failing to meet the historical level of weight enforcement, an amount which could exceed $100 million per year. Additionally, DOT officials report that the state could lose approximately $7.5 million per year from the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Program for failing to meet targets in safety inspection, compliance reviews, and programs with a quantifiable nexus to commercial vehicle safety
THANKS DAD FOR STANDING UP

RIGHT! The Governor said it shall be so! OUR new Secretary said it shall be so! The Senate Transportation chairman said, you got it, it shall be so. How quick do you think it would be before they cut DAD's throat! Thanks Governor! The guy fought it for 3 of the past 4 years.

RIGHT! The Governor said it shall be so! OUR new Secretary said it shall be so! The Senate Transportation chairman said, you got it, it shall be so. How quick do you think it would be before they cut DAD's throat! Thanks Governor! The guy fought it for 3 of the past 4 years.

That's right!

RIGHT! The Governor said it shall be so! OUR new Secretary said it shall be so! The Senate Transportation chairman said, you got it, it shall be so. How quick do you think it would be before they cut DAD's throat! Thanks Governor! The guy fought it for 3 of the past 4 years.

That's right!

Yeah fought it real hard. Just sat there like last year in the meeting and said nothing. Don't feed me that behind the scenes garbage either. If you are on the way out why go out like a female dog.

Hey it could be worse, DEP is going to be eliminated completely.