'Do the Crime, Do the Time': DeSantis' Shoplifting Crackdown

'Do the Crime, Do the Time': DeSantis' Shoplifting Crackdown

Liv Caputo
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April 9, 2024
STUART, FL—Tuesday Morning Governor Ron DeSantis signed a retail theft bill into law, instituting a severe crackdown on the Sunshine State's high levels of shoplifting and porch piracy. "We're a law and order state. If you do the crime, you do the time," DeSantis said. He hosted his press conference at a Walgreens in Stuart, […]
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DeSantis: Florida During COVID was like 'Living in a Different Country'

DeSantis: Florida During COVID was like 'Living in a Different Country'

Jackson Bakich
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April 1, 2024
During a press conference highlighted by the announcement of a second consecutive $450 million year of toll relief for Florida residents, Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) was pressed on the number of leaving and entering the state. Despite reports of almost half a million people leaving in 2022, over one million moved to the Sunshine State, […]
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AG Ashley Moody Launches New Florida Cold Case Investigations Unit

AG Ashley Moody Launches New Florida Cold Case Investigations Unit

Jim McCool
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March 1, 2024
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R-FL) is launching a new program to reinvestigate cold cases in Florida in an effort to resolve them.  The project will be called Florida's Cold Case Investigations Unit. The unit will assist Florida law enforcement specifically in homicides.  Attorney General Moody announced the new unit under the Office of Statewide […]
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DeSantis Supports New Legislation to Crack Down on Retail Theft

DeSantis Supports New Legislation to Crack Down on Retail Theft

Christian Pitten
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February 14, 2024
In an effort to boost more law and order in the state, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis came out supporting legislation to “protect Floridians from retail theft and porch pirates.”  The proposed legislation would crack down on porch privacy, a type of theft where an individual will take packages left outside doors by couriers, often valuable […]
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New Florida Residents Credit Ron DeSantis for State's Success

New Florida Residents Credit Ron DeSantis for State's Success

Jim McCool
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December 22, 2021
As Americans from across the nation pack their bags for Florida in droves, new Florida residents are crediting Governor Ron DeSantis' (R-FL) policies for successfully fighting crime. Previously, The Floridian reported a new measure by Attorney General Ashley Moody (R-FL), that would keep a database to track repeat theft and organized crime offenders to curb […]
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Cammack Calls GOP Party of 'Law and Order'

Cammack Calls GOP Party of 'Law and Order'

Jim McCool
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May 16, 2021
Over the weekend, Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) delivered her first Republican Address of this Congress in honor of law enforcement officers for National Police Week, and called the GOP the party of "law and order." Cammack delivered her powerful message before the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial on Sunday, where she thanked law enforcement officers […]
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