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• FWC’s Operation Dry Water promotes education, enforcement for boating under the influence this weekend

  Friday, July 2, 2021 -  FWC officers will be enforcing Florida’s boating under the influence laws and educating boaters about safe boating practices, which includes boating sober.

• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers renames Moore Haven Lock and Dam to honor fallen FWC Officer Julian Keen, Jr.

  Friday, June 18, 2021 -  Officer Keen was shot and killed in LaBelle last June after attempting to stop a hit-and-run suspect while off duty. He served more than six years with the FWC and was highly respected in his community.

• FWC names Roger Young new director for Division of Law Enforcement

  Monday, June 14, 2021 -  Col. Young will oversee more than 1,000 employees in the FWC’s Division of Law Enforcement who protect Florida’s natural resources and provide public safety on state lands and waters.

• Governor Ron DeSantis issues proclamation for Safe Boating Week in Florida

  Monday, May 24, 2021 -  We are grateful for his recognition of this important week urging Floridians and visitors to boat safely while enjoying Florida’s beautiful waterways.

• FWC and HCSO crack down on boating under the influence, resulting in 29 arrests

  Friday, May 21, 2021 -  This targeted enforcement was in response to a tragic incident that occurred on May 17, 2020 on the Alafia River involving a boat towing a tube, and a personal watercraft being operated by Joseph Miltner, age 40, who fatally struck 12-year-old Jasina Campbell.

• FWC Releases 2020 Boating Accident Statistical Report

  Friday, May 7, 2021 -  Florida had 836 boating accidents in 2020, which is 113 more accidents than in 2019, a 16% increase.

• FWC, UF Maples Center for Forensic Medicine mark one-year milestone in model partnership for conservation law enforcement

  Tuesday, May 4, 2021 -  The FWC’s Division of Law Enforcement has expanded its forensic science component with the ambition of becoming nationally recognized as a premier wildlife forensic sciences program.

• State Law Enforcement Chiefs Association honors 6 FWC officers at annual ceremony

  Monday, May 3, 2021 -  SLECA annually honors the best and brightest in Florida’s law enforcement community.

• FWC encourages safe boating during Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival

  Thursday, April 29, 2021 -  Law enforcement agencies will be helping keep people safe by looking for reckless or careless vessel operation and enforcing boating under the influence on any impaired vessel operator.

• FWC decommissions offshore patrol vessel C.T. Randall

  Wednesday, April 21, 2021 -  The C.T. Randall served for 18 years directly supporting conservation efforts in state and federal waters operating out of Port Canaveral, Naval Air Station Jacksonville and Marco Island.