{"id":273,"date":"2017-03-16T17:09:22","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T17:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madd.org\/southwest-flordia\/?p=273"},"modified":"2022-05-26T07:11:12","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T07:11:12","slug":"fhp-keeping-our-roadways-and-highways-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/southwest-florida\/fhp-keeping-our-roadways-and-highways-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"FHP Keeping Our Roadways and Highways Safe"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"273\" class=\"elementor elementor-273\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-24c752df elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"24c752df\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31542f3c\" data-id=\"31542f3c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7be67a33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7be67a33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL: KEEPING OUR ROADWAYS AND HIGHWAYS SAFE<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>MADD SWFL appreciates our Law Enforcement Heroes in our community. &nbsp;Recently, our local FHP Public Affairs Office shared training that Troop F Fort Myers attended. &nbsp;It immediately resulted in taking drugs off our roads which will ensure a future of #NoMoreVictims of drunk, drugged and substance-impaired driving.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">THANK YOU, TROOP F, FOR KEEPING OUR ROADS AND HIGHWAYS SAFE FOR OUR COMMUNTY&#8217;S RESIDENTS AND VISITORS<\/span><\/h6>\n<p>March 13-17: Troop F Fort Myers hosted the weeklong 2017 Commercial Motor Vehicle &#8211; Drug Interdiction Assistance Program (DIAP). 48 Commercial Motor Vehicle Troopers along with Contraband Interdiction Unit Troopers from around the state are in attendance. The purpose of the training course is to familiarize and update uniformed law enforcement officers in areas of joint interest in Commercial Motor Vehicle counter crime activities, tactics and criminal interdiction techniques. The first 3 days of the class was all classroom, this evening started the in the field practical traffic stops to apply the training<\/p>\n<p>On March 15, during Operation &#8220;Ground UP&#8221;- Trooper S. McCormick initiated a traffic stop on a red ACURA for a head lamp violation on SR 93 at the 160 mm in Charlotte County. The odor of raw marijuana was present. A&nbsp;&nbsp; probable cause search revealed 321 gross grams of marijuana and $2380.00 in US Currency, which was seized as evidence. The defendant was delivered to the Charlotte County Jail and charged with Possession of Cannabis (over 20 grams) and Possession With Intent To Distribute.<\/p>\n<p>On March 15, during Operation Ground Up, Trooper Evans initiated a traffic stop on SR 93 at the 86 mm (Collier County) on a 2013 Ford. The odor of marijuana was present and during the encounter with the driver, Trooper Evans detected that he had a bulge in his crotch area. A pat down revealed 7.2 grams of Heroin, 6.8 grams of Cocaine Base, and 2.8 grams of Cocaine Hydrochloride. A search of the vehicle revealed 2.7 grams of marijuana. The vehicle was found to be registered to the passenger and was towed after discovering that she had a business purpose only driver license. 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