{"id":100193,"date":"2025-12-30T17:35:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T17:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/100193\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T17:35:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T17:35:16","slug":"florida-state-troopers-step-up-patrols-over-new-years-eve-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/100193\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida state troopers step up patrols over New Year\u2019s Eve holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Drivers in Florida may notice some extra troopers on the roads this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">An estimated 6.7 million Floridians are expected to travel at least 50 miles from home during the New Year\u2019s holiday, prompting the increased presence of state troopers on patrol.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Authorities aim to enhance road safety after thousands of crashes and hundreds of deaths were reported on Florida roads last December.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">State officials are emphasizing the importance of preparedness as travel increases during this busy period.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Troopers advise drivers to get plenty of rest before embarking on long trips, expect delays and have a plan for getting home, especially after consuming alcohol.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Those who notice a drunk driver are encouraged to report it by calling \u201c* FHP\u201d so that a trooper can respond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">click here<\/a> to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/wftvapps.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"537\" height=\"108\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/beda08358d6db9816e7b0d066edd22cf.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drivers in Florida may notice some extra troopers on the roads this week. An estimated 6.7 million Floridians&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29,21512],"class_list":{"0":"post-100193","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-florida","9":"tag-florida-headlines","10":"tag-florida-news","11":"tag-state-troopers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}