Florida Highway Patrol

The proposed state budget includes a 10-15% pay raise for the Florida Highway Patrol. But some troopers say it's not enough.

Florida Highway Patrol troopers have used Flock Safety’s private license plate reader system more than 250 times in recent months to aid immigration enforcement efforts — an unusual practice among Florida agencies that has drawn concern from civil liberties advocates.

Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke in Tampa on Monday about the Legislature's budget process, the state’s immigration crackdown and advocated for more money for law enforcement.

The Florida Highway Patrol was the first to enter into a new kind of street-level deportation enforcement agreement with ICE. But without any public notice, ICE has been striking the same deals with agencies nationwide.

The agency has been authorized by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to help deport immigrants in the state without legal status. Several Florida law enforcement agencies have already pledged to comply with arrest orders.

Florida Highway Patrol officers will be stationed at Miami-Dade County’s nine driver's license offices after recent reports of minor safety disturbances in at least one of the branches.

It will have an increased presence on interstates with highway traffic expected to be at record levels.

Criminal proceedings have begun Giovanny Aldama Garcia, 23, of Ruskin after his bull terrier found tied to a pole on Interstate 75 ahead of the hurricane. The rescued dog is safe with a foster family.

The Florida Highway Patrol and other law enforcement agencies from across the Southeast will be cracking down on speeding drivers over the next week.

The operation comes after a speeding car crashed on the Howard Frankland Bridge on June 12.

Some national law enforcement agencies and policing experts say a PIT maneuver performed that night — such as the one that lead to the deaths of four teenagers in Alachua County — is anything but proper.

The Tampa Police Department will have officers on foot, and on bicycles and horseback starting Friday night. They will be joined by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office and the Florida Highway Patrol.