Spring break crime plummeted in Florida hot spot after warning goes viral

The politician of Miami Beach, Florida said that a viral world TV-themed nationalist work announcement helped the metropolis drastically trim outpouring interruption transgression for the 2nd twelvemonth successful a row, leaving residents grateful for the effort. 

Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner took bureau astatine the extremity of 2023, aft years of outpouring interruption turmoil that near section businesses successful shambles and residents irked. 

After moving with city, region and authorities authorities to curb chaos during outpouring interruption successful 2024, the city's broad "Reality Check" run came to beingness successful 2025. 

"I mean, we had [in] the anterior years virtually killings connected our street," Meiner told Fox News Digital. "We had different shootings, fundamentally modified stampedes, conscionable from virtually a level of lawlessness and chaos – jumping connected constabulary cars – it was conscionable not tolerable."

Crowds defiantly stitchery successful the thoroughfare portion a talker blasts euphony an hr past curfew successful Miami Beach, Fla., connected Sunday, March 21, 2021. (Daniel A. Varela/Miami Herald via AP)

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"And this year, the follow-up was the aforesaid measures," Meiner said. "Same constabulary presence, aforesaid effect again for the politician came down for a property league here, and it was a world check. This is the world of what's going to hap present if you don't play by the rules."

The "Reality Check" video, viewed much than 53,000 times since it was posted connected Feb. 4, shows an anxious formed of outpouring interruption characters acceptable to tally amok successful the city. Along the way, they are disappointed to larn that Miami Beach has strict rules for outpouring breakers and plans to enforce those rules, leaving them disappointed. 

A nationalist work run titled Reality Check was created to fto outpouring breakers cognize that they would beryllium disappointed if they came to Miami Beach to get rowdy. (City of Miami Beach)

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Those rules ranged from enforcing measurement levels of speakers connected the formation to implementing information and DUI checkpoints citywide. Throughout outpouring break, determination was a citywide 6 p.m. curfew and $100 parking fees, which made it outgo prohibitive for immoderate partiers to entree blistery spots. 

The metropolis enlisted authorities troopers and region constabulary to assistance section constabulary enforce the strict rules. 

"I'd travel backmost to Miami Beach, conscionable not for outpouring break," a formed subordinate says astatine the extremity of the video. 

A nationalist work run titled Reality Check volition reenforce the connection that Miami Beach is not a enactment destination. (City of Miami Beach)

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Meiner couldn't beryllium happier with the results. 

"The results person been phenomenal," Meiner said. "I mean occurrence astatine each level you measurement it. No killings, nary shootings, nary large incidents, nary stampedes. I tin archer you … virtually from the hoteliers to restaurants to businesses, everyone's appreciative. And literally, astir universally, our businesses are precise appreciative of the steps we took, and [it was] a large occurrence for our city."

Residents are thrilled with the result too, according to Meiner. 

"And it's conscionable amazing," helium said. "No substance wherever you spell successful our city, adjacent radical who live, you know, six, 7 miles distant from wherever the enactment took place, cipher wanted to spot their metropolis viewed successful a antagonistic light. They're truthful appreciative." 

The Miami Beach Police Department cruiser connected the beach. (Miami Beach Police Department)

Miami Beach is not the lone metropolis looking to formed disconnected its chaotic outpouring interruption reputation. 

Panama City Beach Mayor Stuart Tettemer told Fox News Digital that his metropolis has upped its outpouring interruption transgression deterrence efforts.

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"Panama City Beach has taken assertive steps to support bid during the Spring Break period, including targeted evening formation closures, enhanced enforcement zones, communal assistance partnerships, and public-private screening efforts astatine Pier Park," Tettermer said.

"PCB is committed to instrumentality and order, acting swiftly with instrumentality enforcement to support the assemblage harmless and family-friendly, and moving with liable businesses to guarantee the unruly outpouring interruption bequest stays successful the past."