He didn’t mention even one of the killed Americans, heck he didn’t even say Americans were killed. They show you who they are.
To our friends in law enforcement, you do NOT have to work for idiots. Florida is aggressively recruiting out-of-state law enforcement officers, and I’d rather you be protecting my community than being stuck watching your leaders bend a knee to terrorists.
(1) If you’re a certified full-time police officer in New York and thinking about Florida, you may be able to completely skip the full recruit academy.
Florida’s Equivalency of Training process allows qualified out-of-state officers to fast-track Florida certification.
fdle.state.fl.us/cjstc/offic…
(2) Florida is also paying officers to make the move. Eligible newly hired officers can receive a $5,000 AFTER-TAX state recruitment bonus. The state actually pays $6,694, with the additional amount covering taxes.
Program details:
floridajobs.org/workforce-re…
Bonus portal:
lerbrepayment.floridajobs.or…
(3) 🌴 Tampa Police: TPD gives credit for prior sworn law enforcement experience, offers a 4-on/4-off schedule, and has an Equivalency of Training sponsorship program for qualified out-of-state officers.
tampa.gov/police/JoinTPD
EOT information:
tampa.gov/police/join-office…
(4) 🏙️ Orlando Police: Officers with 2+ years of law enforcement experience currently start at $74,559 base, or $76,404 with incentives. Qualified new hires can also receive an $8,000 combined bonus: $5,000 from Florida + $3,000 from Orlando PD.
orlando.gov/Our-Government/D…
(5)🍊 Orange County Sheriff’s Office
OCSO is offering qualified lateral officers up to $10,000 in combined recruitment incentives, with starting salary based on law enforcement experience.
ocsocareers.org/deputy-sheri…
(6) 🏖️ Broward Sheriff’s Office
Certified officers can receive salary credit based on experience. For applicants coming from outside South Florida, BSO says it will combine remote and in-person processing and make every effort to minimize the number of trips to Fort Lauderdale.
sheriff.org/how/apply-now/
You earned those years of experience. You should not have to start over. Florida has built a pathway for experienced out-of-state officers to transfer that experience, avoid repeating the full academy, and receive substantial financial incentives to make the move. Come to Florida, join the fight! 🤛
This day is profoundly painful for so many New Yorkers. It marks three years since the horrific war crimes of October 7. On that day, Hamas killed more than 1,100 Israelis and abducted 251 others. We grieve alongside our many friends and neighbors who still carry that unthinkable loss.
The suffering did not begin nor end that day. It instead continued through the Israeli government’s devastating, ongoing genocide in Gaza, in which it has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians—including more than 21,000 children. Even since the so-called ceasefire, more than 1,400 Palestinians have been killed. That suffering has intensified with every Israeli bomb dropped on ambulances waiting outside hospitals, every drone strike targeting a residential building or journalist, and every shipment of food aid turned away at a border crossing. Many New Yorkers are reckoning with this unbearable grief, and we mourn alongside them – all while knowing that our tax dollars fund these war crimes.
Three years later, we must refuse to accept a world in which occupation and apartheid continue, where war crimes are met with impunity, and our federal government continues its complicity with every arms shipment.
To honor the dead, we must fight for a world in which every person can live with freedom, safety, and dignity.