{"id":82616,"date":"2026-09-29T19:22:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T23:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=82616"},"modified":"2026-09-29T19:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T23:22:10","slug":"larry-keefe-takes-charge-of-florida-department-of-law-enforcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/09\/29\/larry-keefe-takes-charge-of-florida-department-of-law-enforcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Larry Keefe takes charge of Florida Department of Law Enforcement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On September 29, 2026, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet appointed Larry Keefe<\/strong> as the new commissioner of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE). Keefe replaces Mark Glass, who had led the agency since 2022.<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Background:<\/strong> Keefe is a former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida who previously served as Governor DeSantis’ “public safety czar” and executive director of the State Board of Immigration Enforcement.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Role in Administration:<\/strong> During his time in the DeSantis administration, Keefe was a key figure in coordinating public safety and immigration policy, including overseeing the controversial 2022 flights transporting migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Approval Process:<\/strong> His appointment required and received the unanimous approval of the three members of the Florida Cabinet, as mandated by state law.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    On September 29, 2026, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet appointed Larry Keefe as the new commissioner of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE). Keefe replaces Mark… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDlcL2ltYWdlcy0yNS53ZWJwP2ZpdD02NzglMkM0NTImc3NsPTEiLCJ0eHQiOiJMYXJyeSBLZWVmZSB0YWtlcyBjaGFyZ2Ugb2YgRmxvcmlkYSBEZXBhcnRtZW50IG9mIExhdyBFbmZvcmNlbWVudCIsInRlbXBsYXRlIjoiZG9pcyIsImZvbnQiOiIiLCJibG9nX2lkIjoxNjMwNDA2NjF9.v0uswsrhUQMa7Xic4lRq02EpUHmzO3TC2Ri-_8nsVucMQ"},"version":2,"media_source":"sig","attached_media":[{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/jetpack.com\/redirect\/?source=sigenerate&query=t%3DeyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvbGFrZWxhbmRnYXpldHRlLmluZm9cL25ld3NcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzA5XC9pbWFnZXMtMjUud2VicCIsInR4dCI6IkxhcnJ5IEtlZWZlIHRha2VzIGNoYXJnZSBvZiBGbG9yaWRhIERlcGFydG1lbnQgb2YgTGF3IEVuZm9yY2VtZW50IiwidGVtcGxhdGUiOiJkb2lzIiwiZm9udCI6IiIsImJsb2dfaWQiOjE2MzA0MDY2MX0.esNwpLcQIsTBWHOCVmh_bMLU0jZo_k_BCFApIFJwIKkMQ","type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[17656,17655],"class_list":["post-82616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regional-and-world-news","tag-florida-department-of-law","tag-larry-keefe"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82616"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82618,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82616\/revisions\/82618"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}