The costs of protecting Gov. Ron DeSantis, his family, the governor’s mansion and visiting dignitaries were up more than 25% during the past year, according to a new state report.
Florida taxpayers spent more than $6.097 million during the 2021-2022 fiscal year on protective services for the first family and visiting officials. The bulk of the costs, $5.94 million, went to guarding DeSantis and members of his family, along with securing the governor’s mansion, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s annual “Report of Transportation and Protective Services.”
During the 2019-2020 fiscal year, costs to protect DeSantis, the first family and the governor’s mansion were a similar $4.78 million. The report also said $399,098 spent in the past fiscal year on mansion security didn’t include Capitol Police hours.The overall costs were topped by nearly $4.766 million spent on DeSantis, with more than $2.375 million going for the salaries of law enforcement officers who provided security for the governor and $2.391 million for costs tied to transportation. In the 2020-2021 fiscal year, $3.82 million was spent protecting the governor, with $1.984 million for transportation.
The report said state law requires the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to provide security to people visiting the state for whom “failure to provide security or transportation could result in a clear and present danger to the personal safety of such persons or could result in public embarrassment to the state.”
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