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The Guardian reports:
Numerous police officers lured to new jobs in Florida with cash from Governor Ron DeSantis’s flagship law enforcement relocation program have histories of excessive violence or have been arrested for crimes including kidnapping and murder since signing up, a study of state documents has found.
DeSantis, who is expected to launch his campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination this week, has spent more than $13.5m to date on the recruitment bonus program, which he touted in 2021 as an incentive to officers in other states frustrated by Covid-19 vaccination mandates.
They include a former trainee deputy with the Escambia county sheriff’s office charged with murdering her husband; an officer with the Miramar police department fired for domestic battery and kidnapping; and a former member of the NYPD who was hired by the Palm Beach police department having once been accused of an improper sexual proposition.
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The original and exhaustively documented study by The Daily Dot is here. Guess where DeSantis got the money for those millions in signup bonuses?
“Officers lured to new jobs in Florida with cash from DeSantis’s flagship law enforcement relocation program have histories of excessive violence or have been arrested for crimes including kidnapping and murder since signing up.” https://t.co/ft39NO7ti4
— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) May 22, 2023
One ran his car into Black Lives Matter protestors. One was charged with kidnapping a woman. Another shot and killed her husband.
A Daily Dot EXCLUSIVE: These are the cops Ron DeSantis paid to come to Florida.https://t.co/G5svYJl5sY
— David Covucci (@DavidCovucci) May 21, 2023
We obtained the full list of the 1,750 cops DeSantis recently praised, who received his $5,000 bonus to come work in a state where they weren’t beset by calls to “defund the police”https://t.co/G5svYJl5sY
— David Covucci (@DavidCovucci) May 21, 2023
At least 24 names matched NYPD officers with a history of misconduct, including accusations that officers unlawfully pepper sprayed, assaulted, and pointed firearms at suspects, as well as used chokeholds and offensive language regarding racehttps://t.co/G5svYJl5sY
— David Covucci (@DavidCovucci) May 21, 2023
The son of a high-ranking NYPD officer became a cop in Florida and got a bonus, about a year after driving his car into Black Lives Matter protesters in the West Village.https://t.co/G5svYJl5sY
— David Covucci (@DavidCovucci) May 21, 2023