Jacksonville, FL — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law Tuesday, to honor a fallen officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
The bill, SB 64, will officially designate the stretch of I-295/East Beltway between Alta Drive and Pulaski Road as 'Officer Lance Christian Whitaker Highway.'
WOKV told you in May 2018, when Officer Whitaker died in a single-vehicle crash off 295 and Alta while responding to a call for service. JSO said at the time that weather was believed to be a factor in the crash.
Whitaker was 48-years-old and a 17-year veteran of JSO.
With this new law, the Florida Department of Transportation will install markers designating the 'Officer Lance Christian Whitaker Highway.'
With DeSantis' signature, this will now take effect July 1st.