Expressway Authority Squad

The Expressway Authority Squad members are contractually obligated to patrol the roadways encompassing the Orlando Orange County Expressway Authority System. The Expressway System is currently comprised of approximately 100 centerline roadway miles and is expected to grow rapidly over the next 10 years.

Motorcycle Squad

The Florida Highway Patrol's Troop D Motorcycle Squad is an eleven member squad consisting of nine troopers and one reserve who are supervised by a sergeant. This group is responsible for patrolling Central Florida's roadways and keeping the citizens of this state, and the millions of tourists who come to experience our areas theme parks and other attractions, safe during their travels. These troopers accomplish this mission by strict enforcement of Florida's traffic laws and through the education of the motoring public.

This team of traffic safety professionals conducts safety talks with various civic organizations and high schools throughout our area. Informing the public of the dangers involved with unlawful speed, the running of red lights, not wearing seat belts and distracted or impaired driving.

Five of the squads' members are certified police motorcycle instructors, with three of those also being certified by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation.

While traffic safety is a huge concern this entire squad is also part of the F.H.P's Disaster Response Team, responding to disasters statewide such as hurricanes and tornados. Duties during disasters include the citizen’s safety, security, property in the damaged areas, along with providing food and water until normal services can be restored. The members of this Motor squad have been proudly serving in this capacity since Hurricane Andrew struck South Florida in 1992 and have even been deployed to other states in incidents such as Hurricane Katrina.

The motor unit is also trained in dignitary protection and along with the Secret Service has escorted numerous dignitaries over the years.

This group's hard work and dedication to serving the citizens of Florida can be summed up best by the three words of the Florida Highway Patrol's motto Courtesy, Service and Protection.

Last year this motor unit reached out to the public 22,815 times in a positive way.

Traffic Homicide Investigations Unit

The traffic homicide investigations unit is a highly trained group of corporals specializing in traffic crash reconstruction and investigation. They investigate all fatal traffic crashes handled by this agency as well as those which may lead to fatal injuries and those crashes requiring specialized investigative resources. Each Troop D District has a group of these investigators assigned.

The traffic homicide investigations unit in Orlando operates a SPECIAL MOBILE CRASH RESPONSE VEHICLE to work major crash scenes. The van is equipped with lights, generator, computers, and communications gear to provide additional investigative resources at the scene.

Leesburg Sub-District

The Leesburg Sub-District is allocated at 2440 US 441-27 N PO Box 37, Fruitland Park, Fl, 34731. The Sub-District is responsible for all field operations and traffic homicide investigations within Lake County. Lake County has grown rapidly over the last decade and has a population of nearly 300,000 people.