Cost to state taxpayers increased by 55% compared to the previous year.
Sergio Flores / AFP via Getty Images fileTALLAHASSEE, Fla.— Florida taxpayers paid millions of dollars more to protect Gov. Ron DeSantis and his family last year as he prepared to launch his presidential bid.
That’s $3 million more than the $6 million the agency spent the previous fiscal year to protect DeSantis and his family. The more recent totals cover July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023, a timeframe that saw a significant increase in travel by DeSantis. He campaigned for key Republican Senate candidates across the country during the 2022 midterms, traveled to his own political fundraisers, and, in May, launched a presidential bid.
The agency said the decision was made by now-FDLE Commissioner Mark Glass based on recommendations from a transition team he put together after being appointed by DeSantis in August 2022. At that time both former FDLE Commissioner Rick Swearingen former and Republican Sen. Rick Scott, a former two-term Florida governor, pushed back on the framing. Scott said he never had an issue with his protective services detail.
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