Florida’s police officers, first responders to receive $1,000 bonuses
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SATELLITE BEACH, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday that funds will be set aside in the state’s upcoming budget for $1,000 bonuses for police officers, firefighters, paramedics and EMTs across the state.
“Some people wanted to defund the police and we’re here to fund the police and then some,” the governor said during a press conference at the Satellite Beach Police Department.
DeSantis said he will be signing the budget in the near future and praised first responders for continuing to work out in the streets during the pandemic while some others were able to work from the safety of their homes.
Gov. Ron DeSantis visits Lee County Sheriff’s Office
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FORT MYERS, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis visited the Lee County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday in Fort Myers. He met with Sheriff Carmine Marceno at the deputies’ real-time intelligence center.
During an earlier visit to the Satellite Beach Police Department, DeSantis announced his administration was issuing $1,000 bonuses for all sworn law enforcement and first responders in Florida.
DeSantis repeated the message in Fort Myers. He posed for a picture with Marceno and a large $1,000 check. He said it was the Florida legislature’s way of showing gratitude for their work during the coronavirus pandemic.
Work search requirement to return for Florida unemployment recipients
Jim Turner, News Service of Florida reporter
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis expects late this month to reinstate a requirement that people in the unemployment system submit weekly “work search” updates.
Referring to some businesses saying they are unable to find new employees as they regroup from the COVID-19 pandemic, DeSantis said Wednesday unemployment claimants will likely have to start showing how they looked for work once an executive order waiving a work-search requirement ends May 29.
“We suspended that last year at this time because, quite frankly, there weren’t jobs,” DeSantis said during an appearance at the Satellite Beach Police Department.
“Some want to defund the police, we’re funding the police and then some,” DeSantis said.
FL Gov. Ron DeSantis announces $1K bonuses to law enforcement officials in his state:
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The bonuses will be allocated in the state’s upcoming budget and include all sworn law enforcement officers, EMTs, firefighters and paramedics, DeSantis noted.
DeSantis praised law enforcement who didn’t have the “luxury of working from home” during the pandemic.
“They were out there every single day our police, our fire, our EMTs and they had to work more than they ever have, not just to deal with protecting us when the pandemic hit but then obviously how police were treated last year in many parts of the country was a total disgrace.”