Recently some have speculated about the effects of the recent request by FHP management for troopers to voluntarily reduce their fuel consumption by 20 percent in an effort to offset a budget shortfall due to escalating fuel prices. The radio ad claims that criminals and drunk drivers will like the news that Governor Bush has told the Highway Patrol that because of the state's budget crisis they are to cease patrolling our highways and reserve their gas only for emergencies. The ad also claims that troopers are supposed to sit in their cars with their motors off waiting for something bad to happen.
Nothing is further from the truth.
Troopers have also been asked to shop around for the lowest gas price as ordinary consumers do. Under no circumstance will the safety of the public be compromised by this action.