DeSantis’ team said hundreds of law enforcement officers are expected to attend each event.
Paul DiGiacomo, president of New York City's Detectives' Endowment Association, will be in attendance at Monday’s event. He told Fox News Digital that New York’s bail reform law that ended cash bail requirements for many criminal charges has endangered law enforcement.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference proposing anti-crime legislation at the Police Benevolent Association in Miami on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. (Al Diaz/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
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"It’s a law enforcement rally to send a message back to some of our elected officials that the laws that they have enacted in the state of New York are not working – specifically the bail reform laws – and it’s putting my members, detectives and cops in danger, as well as the public," he said. "It’s gone too far to the left over the last couple of years."
DeSantis is expected to tout his efforts to support law enforcement and reduce crime in Florida, where he recently proposed legislation to strengthen bail laws, toughen penalties for sex criminals and other anti-crime measures.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed HB 7, known as the Stop Woke bill, in Hialeah Gardens, Florida, on April 22, 2022. (Daniel A. Varela/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
According to the governor’s office, DeSantis implemented the largest recruitment package for law enforcement officers in state history last year, awarding $5,000 signing bonuses to officers willing to relocate to Florida from blue states.
News of DeSantis’ upcoming trip to Chicago caused a backlash last week, prompting Illinois Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker to condemn the Florida governor as "homophobic."
"Well he doesn’t represent the values of the people in Illinois," Pritzker told WGN 9. "In fact, he is the antithesis of that. He’s demonstrated that he’s homophobic, that he has tendencies to promote racism."
DeSantis has been discussed as a potential GOP nominee to run for the presidency in 2024 although he's made no official announcement.