EXCLUSIVE: Law enforcement officials in Florida raised concerns about a key DeSantis' campaign talking point
Florida’s top law enforcement officials were repeatedly warned by their own staff that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ claim that the state’s crime rate is at a 50-year low — a message he often uses as part of his presidential campaign — was based on incomplete data that makes the accuracy of the claim impossible to verify.
Despite those warnings, DeSantis continued to promote the figure on the campaign trail, three former officials with Florida’s Department of Law Enforcement familiar with the matter told NBC News. Each of the former employees said there was a pervasive sense among agency staffers that the numbers needed to say what their leadership wanted — and that those demands were coming from the governor’s office for political reasons.
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/ron-desantis-florida-law-enforcement-crime-50-percent-low-rcna105091?
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