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

DeSantis approves new gang, drug and crime penalties

(The Center Square) – Five public safety bills signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Ron DeSantis create new drug trafficking penalties, strengthen protections for law enforcement officers and update criminal

Florida Gov DeSantis approves new penalties for gang, drug trafficking crimes

Five public safety bills signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Ron DeSantis create new drug trafficking penalties, strengthen protections for law enforcement officers and update criminal gang statutes to recognize social media activity as evidence of gang involvement. House Bill 429 expands the criteria law enforcement officers and prosecutors can use to recognize someone as...

Florida Gov DeSantis approves new penalties for gang and drug-trafficking crimes

Five public safety bills signed into law Tuesday by DeSantis create new drug trafficking penalties, strengthen protections for law enforcement officers and update criminal gang statutes to recognize social media activity as evidence of gang involvement.

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.

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.