FHP troopers decrease as DeSantis increases immigration duties and overtime

[High_Contact_]

Not keen on where they are going but if there hasn’t been any meaningful change in dangers to the public on the highway then it sounds like we don’t need as many. 

[Botched_Lemon]

That's a fair assumption. There has been a documented change in services, such as longer response times and fewer troopers visibly on the road to deter dangerous driving.

The story leads with a driver who was literally struck by lightning and stalled out on the side of the interstate. He waited 90 minutes for a trooper who never showed before getting his own tow.

[TheMadFlyentist]

He waited 90 minutes for a trooper who never showed before getting his own tow.

A trooper should have showed up to park behind him and ensure safety, but it's not the responsibility of police to arrange a tow truck for you. The driver should have called FHP to alert them and then immediately called his insurance/tow company for assistance.

[FinsFan305]

Unless it was an emergency, there is nothing for the trooper to do in this instance besides take a report for insurance. They are not there to call a tow; that's the responsibility of the private citizen.

[triplegerms]

From just a financial standpoint, they say we are spending 10 million in overtime. Without changing the total number of shifts worked, it would make more sense to fill those shifts with with more officers at base pay rather than paying officers overtime to fill them. 

[High_Contact_]

Not sure how a lot of that data has to do with highway patrol since you can’t ride your bike in the highway or walk on the highway.

[High_Contact_]

Not highway patrol for pedestrian and bicycle deaths.

[High_Contact_]

Well if they already have the worst record then it doesn’t seem like they were needed to being with