PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Florida’s first lady Casey DeSantis, declaring herself “fit to fight,” rolled out an initiative to encourage veterans and former law enforcement officers to sign up to work as child protective investigators.
“I’m feeling good, and I’m here,” she told the crowd at Eglin Air Force Base in Pensacola on June 22. “I’m fit to fight, and that’s a lot due to your encouragement.”
Her initiative—”Continue the Mission”—is in line with the child mental health and resiliency issues that have been the focus of her duties as governor’s wife. It is a program where veterans, former law enforcement officers and military spouses are encouraged to train as Child Protective Investigators (CPI) under the Department of Children and Families….