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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia speaking about the $1.7 million awarded to local law enforcement agencies to assist with immigration enforcement. Photo curtsey of Florida Department of Financial Services<\/p>\n
Florida\u2019s Chief Financial Officer handed out more than $1.7 million to local law enforcement agencies to assist with immigration enforcement. At a press conference Thursday, Blaise Ingoglia said the funding reimburses agencies participating in the federal 287(g) program.<\/p>\n
Sheriff\u2019s offices in Polk, Hernando, Sarasota, and Hardee counties \u2014 along with the Port Richey Police Department \u2014 received a share of the one-point-seven million dollars.<\/p>\n
Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office was awarded $1,006,985.10
\nHernando Sheriff\u2019s County was awarded \u00a0$321,112.30
\nSarasota County Sheriff\u2019s was awarded \u00a0$283,389.68
\nHardee County Sheriff\u2019s was awarded $135,560
\nPort Richey Sheriff\u2019s was awarded $32,850<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s why we go out, and we work in partnership, and we get these guys the funding that they need, in order to facilitate this 287g program through these reimbursements, the state of Florida\u2019s ensuring that every law enforcement agency has the resources they ended to enforce our laws and protect its citizens. Today I am proud to be presenting some of those reimbursement to these sheriffs and local law enforcement that are here today,\u201d Ingoglia said.<\/p>\n
Ryan Brown is a major with the Sarasota County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are public safety officers, we are crime fighters and that\u2019s what we do. And so the 287g program and the WSO program, the WSO program is not anything new in Sarasota County. We have been a part of that since 2018. That\u2019s where we have warrant service officers in our jail, and they can help out with the deportation program. 287g is newer for us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Brown was not the only law enforcement official appreciative of the funding. Every officer who spoke talked about their gratitude and how they will continue their work with federal immigration enforcement.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the money helps offset operational costs.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat the state\u2019s done is they\u2019ve given us money to allow us to buy the tools, the infrastructure, the fuel, so it comes into our budget and we offset costs,\u201d Judd said.<\/p>\n
The funding is provided through the State Board of Immigration Enforcement for law enforcement agencies that applied for reimbursement.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Many Floridians have recently protested against federal immigration enforcement tactics and the assistance of local law enforcement. However, during the press conference Ingoglia said he wants more restrictions placed on undocumented migrants in Florida.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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