How law enforcement agencies are recruiting future officers in a difficult climate
Small towns and big cities alike are struggling to recruit and retain law enforcement officers amid national controversy over the police profession. Many veteran officers are retiring, leaving agencies in a bidding war for qualified candidates โ as they try to hire the next generation to protect and serve.
Fried wants National Guard to help with COVID-19 vaccine distribution
Ron DeSantis to mobilize the National Guard to help distribute the COVID-19 vaccine. In a letter to DeSantis, Fried said distribution has been characterized in media reports as โvery chaoticโ and that there is a lack of โclear directionโ for health-care professionals on vaccination procedures. โInstead of efficient, centralized distribution management by the state of Florida, distribution has been left to hospitals and county health departments,โ Fried, the only statewide elected Democrat, wrote. Fried asked that health and emergency-management officials be present at a Feb. 2 state Cabinet meeting to answer questions about vaccine distribution. โThe COVID vaccine supply is limited,โ DeSantis said Wednesday while at a senior complex in Delray Beach where 300 residents were being inoculated.