Yet again, FHP punks the media with their blantantly false statement that "All uniformed FHP personnel, including those normally assigned to administrative duties, will patrol interstates and other major state roads during the four-day holiday."
And yet again, the media publishes this completely untrue statement without question. What's amazing is that outlets like the Sun-Sentinel which made calling out law enforcement agencies their main mission a few years back continue to fall for FHP's lies every holiday period. Just once I'd like a reporter to press FHP and ask for hard numbers or ask why FHP lies to the public no less than four times a year, every year, about the number of extra Troopers on patrol during holiday periods.

Sun-Sentinel: http://touch.sun-sentinel.com/#secti.../p2p-81096351/

Orlando Sentinel: http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/...rive-sober-fhp

Channel 13 Central Florida: http://www.mynews13.com/content/news...r_or_get_.html

Space Coast Daily: http://spacecoastdaily.com/2014/08/f...ving-campaign/

Pensacola News-Journal: http://www.pnj.com/story/news/2014/0...aign/14230369/