DeSantis signs bills to strengthen penalties, curb youth-targeted drugs, protect law enforcement

DeSantis signs law enforcement bills, warns of state crackdown on 'teen takeovers'

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a series of law enforcement-related measures Tuesday, with many of them designed to increase penalties for criminals and give police and prosecutors more options to pursue them. The bills range from making it easier for police to identify an individual as a gang member to requiring criminals deemed “career offenders” have […] The post DeSantis signs law enforcement bills, warns of state crackdown on ‘teen takeovers’ appe…

DeSantis signs series of law enforcement bills

The bills range from making it easier for police to identify an individual as a gang member to requiring criminals deemed “career offenders” have the designation on their driver’s license.

DeSantis signs Officer Jason Raynor Act in Florida after Daytona Beach officer's killing

Nearly five years after Daytona Beach Police Officer Jason Raynor was fatally shot in the line of duty, Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a law bearing his name.

New Florida law mandates life sentence for killing law enforcement officers

Florida's Officer Jason Raynor Act now in effect, imposing mandatory life sentence without parole for those convicted of killing law enforcement officers.

DeSantis signs 5 public safety bills into Florida law

Two of the bills were aimed at identifying habitual offenders and gang members. Two others enhanced penalties for violence against law enforcement.

DeSantis signs public safety bills to protect law enforcement officers, crack down on repeat violent offenders

State officials enacted stricter criminal penalties Tuesday morning to protect law enforcement officers and crack down on repeat violent offenders across Florida.