Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) signed a bill Wednesday that would turn swatting attempts into “really serious offenses.”
This is the second bill DeSantis has signed in Florida on swatting, or making false police reports to scare victims by sending law enforcement to their home. According to the governor, this second law will be “the strongest in the country.”
“We’ve seen an increase in this swatting activity around the country, but including in Florida,” DeSantis said Wednesday on Fox News’s America’s Newsroom.
“The people that are doing this are committing really serious offenses, and I appreciate that we’re going to hold them accountable with criminal sanctions, but also the restitution because it costs money to have to do all this stuff,” DeSantis added.