{"id":341234,"date":"2026-07-15T19:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T19:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/341234\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T19:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T19:16:12","slug":"why-every-state-trooper-in-ne-florida-is-watching-you-this-week-104-5-wokv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/341234\/","title":{"rendered":"Why every state trooper in NE Florida is watching you this week \u2013 104.5 WOKV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Anybody who\u2019s driven around Jacksonville has had that moment &#8211; you\u2019re running a few minutes late, traffic finally opens up on I-95 or the Buckman, and you start thinking, \u201cmaybe I can make up some time here&#8230;\u201d Trust me, we\u2019ve all had that thought, too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">If that\u2019s your plan this week, you may want to think twice. Florida troopers (and local police for that matter) are part of Operation Southern Slowdown, a multi-state speed trap operation that\u2019s putting extra eyes on aggressive drivers through the weekend. If you\u2019ve noticed more patrol cars lately, you\u2019re not imagining it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Nobody likes getting a speeding ticket, but more importantly, nobody wants to see someone get hurt trying to save three minutes on the drive home. See what law enforcement is looking for \u2014 and why this week might be a good one to just set the cruise control and enjoy the ride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anybody who\u2019s driven around Jacksonville has had that moment &#8211; you\u2019re running a few minutes late, traffic finally&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[140182,140184,140180,140183,116,118,117,140181,139509,140185,61233],"class_list":["post-341234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-fdot-safety-campaign","tag-florida-highway-patrol-speed-trap","tag-highway-safety-blitz","tag-i-95-traffic-crackdown","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-jacksonville-traffic-enforcement","tag-operation-southern-slowdown","tag-speeding-tickets-florida","tag-super-speeder-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341234","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=341234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}