~Florida Highway Patrol participating in national enforcement campaign August 15 – September 3~  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – As part of the national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over safety campaign, starting today, the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) will concentrate enforcement efforts on impaired driving through the Labor Day holiday. FHP joins law enforcement and highway safety […]

~Newly redesigned USF specialty license plates available this month ~ TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) is pleased to announce the release of the newly redesigned specialty plate for the University of South Florida (USF). The new plate will be delivered to tax collector and tag agency offices […]

~ Motorists must take responsibility to ensure Florida’s most precious cargo can Arrive Alive ~ TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – This month, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) is reminding motorists to focus on child safety on and around Florida roads and ensure all children are correctly buckled into a vehicle, every time. […]

~ Former tax collector employee sentenced to four years in prison ~ TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – As the result of a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) Bureau of Investigations and Intelligence and Division of Motorist Services Quality Assurance Program investigation which began in 2016, Roberta Mary Cotton has pled guilty to one count of Scheme to Defraud […]

~ Facility designed to provide innovative training to state’s law enforcement officers ~ TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, the Florida Highway Patrol broke ground on the state’s Advanced Vehicle Operations and Training Complex at the Florida Public Safety Institute in Havana. The complex, which features a 1.4 mile driving track, will allow law enforcement officers to […]