Scott Proposes Pay Raise For FHP, Wildlife Officers
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TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) — Florida Highway Patrol troopers, wildlife officers and state law-enforcement agents will be getting a raise next year if Governor Rick Scott gets his way.
During a visit Thursday to a FHP station in Orlando, Scott will announce a 5 percent pay raise proposal for 2017.
In a statement from his office, Scott said the state's nearly 4,000 sworn law-enforcement officers deserve the pay raise for their work in the past year, which included responding to two hurricanes and responding to the Pulse Nightclub shootings this summer.
Scott will include the $11.7 million request in budget recommendations he'll give state legislators early next year. The Florida Legislature will consider the pay raise during the regular session that starts in March.
Scott hasn't made a final decision on whether to recommend pay raises for other state workers.
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