>> > > THANK YOU FOR SIGNING UP WITH United States. WE BEGIN WITH A REGULATION ENFORCEMENT SCARCITY BELOW IN FLORIDA THAT STATE LEADERS SAY IS STARTING TO EFFECT RESPONSE TIMES. THE FLORIDA FREEWAY PATROL IS BATTLE TO GO FILL HUNDREDS OF VACANCIES. >> > > SARA IS TALKING WITH FHP ON THE BRAND-NEW PRESS TO ■ HIRE AND TO KEP THOSE CANNON FODDERS. >> > > EVERYDAY AS THEY START THEIR SHIFTS, FLORIDA STATE TROOPERS FACE THE UNKNOWN, PATROLLING OUR MANY TRAVELLED STREETS. >> > > LIKELY ALMOST BEEN HIT OR BEEN HIT, WHETHER THEIR AUTOMOBILE, THEIR INDIVIDUAL. WE'' VE LOST A GREAT DEAL OF TROOPERS OVER THE YEARS. >> > > AND ALSO YET OUR TROOPERS ARE MAKING UNDER $42,000 A YEAR AS A BEGINNING INCOME. THAT'' S$ 8,000 LESS THAN THE NATIONAL STANDARD. >> > > AFTER 32 YEARS, IT HAS BEEN– >> > > JEAN IS WITH THE FHP RETIRED PERSONNEL ORGANIZATION. BEING A CANNON FODDER BELONGS TO HIS HOUSEHOLD'' S HERITAGE. >> > > MY PAPA WAS A TROOPER. BOTH MY BROTHERS WERE CANNON FODDER. MY UNCLE WAS A TROOPER. MY CHILD IS A TROOPER CURRENTLY. >> > > HE WORRIES ABOUT THE AGENCY ' S FUTURE WITH 240 VACANCIES STATEWIDE.IT ' S A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER ACCORDING TO FHP SERGEANT. > > THE LARGEST THING YOU SEE IS >> DELAYED ACTION TIMES ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IF YOU ' RE INVOLVED IN A COLLISION OR AN INCIDENT LIKE THAT, IT MAY TAKE LONGER TO ARRIVE. WE ONLY HAVE CERTAIN FIGURES OF TROOPERS AS WELL AS WE HAVE X VARIETY OF CALLS. > > FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY >> SAFETY AND SECURITY AND ALSO CAR STATED FOR EACH 40 TROOPERS THEY HIRE, 50 LEAVE THE FIRM. LOTS TO HELP VARIOUS OTHER POLICE ORGANIZATIONS WHICH CAN PAY SIGNIFICANTLY MORE. IN DELAWARE, 28 TIMES SMALLER SIZED THAN FLORIDA, TROOPERS BEGINNING AT $63,000 A YEAR. > > CERTIFIED, PREPARE TO GO ON THE ROAD AND ALSO THEY DISCOVER >> OUT, HI THERE, I COULD GO SOME SHOELACE– SOME PLACE AS WELL AS MAKE $10,000 MORE TO START. > > THEY ' RE PUSHING FOR HIGHER SALARIES. IT ' S A MATTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY, ENSURING OUR TROOPERS ARE MADE UP IN A PROFESSION WHERE SAVING LIVES IS ACQUIRED BEHAVIOR. > > YOU CAN ' T REALLY DEFINE IT. IT ' S A FEELING THAT ' S THERE AND ALSO IT'NEVER. >> > > THANK YOU FOR SIGNING UP WITH United States. > > LIKELY ALMOST BEEN HIT OR BEEN HIT, WHETHER THEIR AUTO, THEIR PERSON. > > HE WORRIES ABOUT THE AGENCY ' S FUTURE WITH 240 OPENINGS STATEWIDE.IT ' S A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER ACCORDING TO FHP SERGEANT. > > THEY ' RE PUSHING FOR HIGHER WAGES. > > YOU CAN ' T REALLY DEFINE IT.