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| 53 | | - | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 28 |
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| 55 | | - | Section 1. Section 30.61, Florida Statutes, is created to 30 |
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| 56 | | - | read: 31 |
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| 57 | | - | 30.61 Establishment of civilian oversight boards. — 32 |
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| 58 | | - | (1) A county sheriff may establish a civilian oversight 33 |
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| 59 | | - | board to review the policies and procedures of his or her office 34 |
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| 60 | | - | and its subdivisions. 35 |
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| 61 | | - | (2) The board must be composed of at least three and up to 36 |
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| 62 | | - | seven members appointed by the sheriff, one of which shall be a 37 |
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| 63 | | - | retired law enforcement officer. 38 |
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| 64 | | - | Section 2. Section 112.533, Florida Statutes, is amended 39 |
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| 65 | | - | to read: 40 |
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| 66 | | - | 112.533 Receipt and processing of complaints. — 41 |
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| 67 | | - | (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to make the 42 |
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| 68 | | - | process for receiving, processing, and investigatio n of 43 |
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| 69 | | - | complaints against law enforcement or correctional officers, and 44 |
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| 70 | | - | the rights and privileges provided in this part while under 45 |
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| 71 | | - | investigation, apply uniformly throughout this state and its 46 |
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| 72 | | - | political subdivisions. 47 |
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| 73 | | - | (2) As used in this section, the term " political 48 |
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| 74 | | - | subdivision" means a separate agency or unit of local government 49 |
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| 75 | | - | created or established by law or ordinance and the officers 50 |
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| 89 | | - | board, a branch, a bureau, a city, a commission, a consolida ted 52 |
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| 90 | | - | government, a county, a department, a district, an institution, 53 |
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| 91 | | - | a metropolitan government, a municipality, an office, an 54 |
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| 92 | | - | officer, a public corporation, a town, or a village. 55 |
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| 93 | | - | (3) A political subdivision may not adopt or attempt to 56 |
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| 94 | | - | enforce any ordinanc e relating to either of the following: 57 |
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| 95 | | - | (a) The receipt, processing, or investigation by any 58 |
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| 96 | | - | political subdivision of this state of complaints of misconduct 59 |
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| 97 | | - | by law enforcement or correctional officers, except as expressly 60 |
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| 98 | | - | provided in this section. 61 |
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| 99 | | - | (b) Civilian oversight of law enforcement agencies' 62 |
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| 100 | | - | investigations of complaints of misconduct by law enforcement or 63 |
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| 101 | | - | correctional officers. 64 |
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| 102 | | - | (4)(a) Every law enforcement agency and correctional 65 |
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| 103 | | - | agency shall establish and put into operation a system for the 66 |
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| 104 | | - | receipt, investigation, and determination of complaints received 67 |
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| 105 | | - | by such agency from any person, which must shall be the 68 |
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| 106 | | - | procedure for investigating a complaint against a law 69 |
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| 107 | | - | enforcement or and correctional officer and for determining 70 |
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| 108 | | - | whether to proceed with disciplinary action or to file 71 |
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| 109 | | - | disciplinary charges, notwithstanding any other law or ordinance 72 |
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| 110 | | - | to the contrary. When law enforcement or correctional agency 73 |
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| 111 | | - | personnel assigned the responsibility of investigating the 74 |
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| 112 | | - | complaint prepare an investigative repor t or summary, regardless 75 |
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| 125 | | - | of form, the person preparing the report shall, at the time the 76 |
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| 126 | | - | report is completed: 77 |
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| 127 | | - | 1. Verify pursuant to s. 92.525 that the contents of the 78 |
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| 128 | | - | report are true and accurate based upon the person's personal 79 |
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| 129 | | - | knowledge, information, and belief. 80 |
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| 130 | | - | 2. Include the following statement, sworn and subscribed 81 |
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| 131 | | - | to pursuant to s. 92.525: 82 |
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| 133 | | - | "I, the undersigned, do hereby swear, under penalty of perjury, 84 |
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| 134 | | - | that, to the best of my personal knowledge, information, and 85 |
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| 135 | | - | belief, I have not knowingly or w illfully deprived, or allowed 86 |
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| 136 | | - | another to deprive, the subject of the investigation of any of 87 |
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| 137 | | - | the rights contained in ss. 112.532 and 112.533, Florida 88 |
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| 138 | | - | Statutes." 89 |
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| 140 | | - | The requirements of subparagraphs 1. and 2. must shall be 91 |
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| 141 | | - | completed before prior to the determination as to whether to 92 |
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| 142 | | - | proceed with disciplinary action or to file disciplinary 93 |
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| 143 | | - | charges. This subsection does not preclude the Criminal Justice 94 |
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| 144 | | - | Standards and Training Commission from exercising its authority 95 |
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| 145 | | - | under chapter 943. 96 |
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| 146 | | - | (b)1. Any political subdivision that initiates or receives 97 |
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| 147 | | - | a complaint against a law enforcement officer or correctional 98 |
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| 148 | | - | officer shall must within 5 business days forward the complaint 99 |
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| 149 | | - | to the employing agency of the officer who is the subject of the 100 |
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| 162 | | - | complaint for review or investi gation. 101 |
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| 163 | | - | 2. For purposes of this paragraph, the term "political 102 |
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| 164 | | - | subdivision" means a separate agency or unit of local government 103 |
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| 165 | | - | created or established by law or ordinance and the officers 104 |
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| 166 | | - | thereof and includes, but is not limited to, an authority, 105 |
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| 167 | | - | board, branch, bureau, city, commission, consolidated 106 |
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| 168 | | - | government, county, department, district, institution, 107 |
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| 169 | | - | metropolitan government, municipality, office, officer, public 108 |
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| 170 | | - | corporation, town, or village. 109 |
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| 172 | | - | Notwithstanding the rights and privileges provided under th is 111 |
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| 173 | | - | part or any provisions provided in a collective bargaining 112 |
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| 174 | | - | agreement, the agency head or the agency head's designee may 113 |
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| 175 | | - | request a sworn or certified investigator from a separate law 114 |
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| 176 | | - | enforcement or correctional agency to conduct the investigation 115 |
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| 177 | | - | when a conflict is identified with having an investigator 116 |
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| 178 | | - | conduct the investigation of an officer of the same employing 117 |
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| 179 | | - | agency; the employing agency does not have an investigator 118 |
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| 180 | | - | trained to conduct such investigations; or the agency's 119 |
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| 181 | | - | investigator is the subject of, or a witness in, the 120 |
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| 182 | | - | investigation and such agency is composed of any combination of 121 |
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| 183 | | - | 35 or fewer law enforcement officers or correctional officers. 122 |
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| 184 | | - | The employing agency must document the identified conflict. Upon 123 |
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| 185 | | - | completion of the investigation, the in vestigator shall present 124 |
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| 186 | | - | the findings without any disciplinary recommendation to the 125 |
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| 199 | | - | employing agency. 126 |
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| 200 | | - | (5)(a)(2)(a) A complaint filed against a law enforcement 127 |
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| 201 | | - | officer or correctional officer with a law enforcement agency or 128 |
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| 202 | | - | correctional agency and all i nformation obtained pursuant to the 129 |
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| 203 | | - | investigation by the agency of the complaint is confidential and 130 |
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| 204 | | - | exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) until the 131 |
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| 205 | | - | investigation ceases to be active, or until the agency head or 132 |
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| 206 | | - | the agency head's designee provides wri tten notice to the 133 |
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| 207 | | - | officer who is the subject of the complaint, either personally 134 |
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| 208 | | - | or by mail, that the agency has concluded the investigation with 135 |
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| 209 | | - | either a finding: 136 |
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| 210 | | - | 1. Concluded the investigation with a finding Not to 137 |
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| 211 | | - | proceed with disciplinary action or to file charges; or 138 |
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| 212 | | - | 2. Concluded the investigation with a finding To proceed 139 |
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| 213 | | - | with disciplinary action or to file charges. 140 |
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| 214 | | - | 141 |
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| 215 | | - | Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the officer who is the 142 |
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| 216 | | - | subject of the complaint, along with legal counsel or any other 143 |
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| 217 | | - | representative of his or her choice, may review the complaint 144 |
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| 218 | | - | and all statements regardless of form made by the complainant 145 |
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| 219 | | - | and witnesses and all existing evidence, including, but not 146 |
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| 220 | | - | limited to, incident reports, analyses, GPS locator information, 147 |
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| 221 | | - | and audio or video recordings relating to the investigation, 148 |
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| 222 | | - | immediately before beginning the investigative interview. All 149 |
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| 223 | | - | statements, regardless of form, provided by a law enforcement 150 |
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| 236 | | - | officer or correctional officer during the course of a complaint 151 |
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| 237 | | - | investigation of that officer must shall be made under oath 152 |
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| 238 | | - | pursuant to s. 92.525. Knowingly false statements given by a law 153 |
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| 239 | | - | enforcement officer or correctional officer under investigation 154 |
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| 240 | | - | may subject the law enforcement officer or correctional officer 155 |
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| 241 | | - | to prosecution for perjury. If a witness to a complaint is 156 |
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| 242 | | - | incarcerated in a correctional facility and may be under the 157 |
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| 243 | | - | supervision of, or have contact with, the officer under 158 |
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| 244 | | - | investigation, only the names and written statements of the 159 |
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| 245 | | - | complainant and noni ncarcerated witnesses may be reviewed by the 160 |
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| 246 | | - | officer under investigation immediately before prior to the 161 |
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| 247 | | - | beginning of the investigative interview. 162 |
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| 248 | | - | (b) This subsection does not apply to any public record 163 |
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| 249 | | - | which is exempt from public disclosure pursuant to chapter 119. 164 |
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| 250 | | - | For the purposes of this subsection, an investigation is shall 165 |
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| 251 | | - | be considered active as long as it is continuing with a 166 |
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| 252 | | - | reasonable, good faith anticipation that an administrative 167 |
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| 253 | | - | finding will be made in the foreseeable future. An investigation 168 |
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| 254 | | - | is shall be presumed to be inactive if no finding is made within 169 |
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| 255 | | - | 45 days after the complaint is filed. 170 |
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| 256 | | - | (c) Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, the 171 |
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| 257 | | - | complaint and information must shall be available to law 172 |
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| 258 | | - | enforcement agencies, correctional a gencies, and state attorneys 173 |
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| 259 | | - | in the conduct of a lawful criminal investigation. 174 |
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| 260 | | - | (6)(3) A law enforcement officer or correctional officer 175 |
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| 273 | | - | has the right to review his or her official personnel file at 176 |
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| 274 | | - | any reasonable time under the supervision of the design ated 177 |
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| 275 | | - | records custodian. A law enforcement officer or correctional 178 |
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| 276 | | - | officer may attach to the file a concise statement in response 179 |
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| 277 | | - | to any items included in the file identified by the officer as 180 |
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| 278 | | - | derogatory, and copies of such items must be made available to 181 |
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| 279 | | - | the officer. 182 |
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| 280 | | - | (7)(4) Any person who is a participant in an internal 183 |
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| 281 | | - | investigation, including the complainant, the subject of the 184 |
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| 282 | | - | investigation and the subject's legal counsel or a 185 |
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| 283 | | - | representative of his or her choice, the investigator conducting 186 |
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| 284 | | - | the investigation, and any witnesses in the investigation, who 187 |
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| 285 | | - | willfully discloses any information obtained pursuant to the 188 |
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| 286 | | - | agency's investigation, including, but not limited to, the 189 |
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| 287 | | - | identity of the officer under investigation, the nature of the 190 |
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| 288 | | - | questions asked, info rmation revealed, or documents furnished in 191 |
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| 289 | | - | connection with a confidential internal investigation of an 192 |
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| 290 | | - | agency, before such complaint, document, action, or proceeding 193 |
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| 291 | | - | becomes a public record as provided in this section commits a 194 |
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| 292 | | - | misdemeanor of the first de gree, punishable as provided in s. 195 |
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| 293 | | - | 775.082 or s. 775.083. However, this subsection does not limit a 196 |
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| 294 | | - | law enforcement or correctional officer's ability to gain access 197 |
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| 295 | | - | to information under paragraph (5)(a) (2)(a). Additionally, a 198 |
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| 296 | | - | sheriff, police chief, or oth er head of a law enforcement 199 |
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| 297 | | - | agency, or his or her designee, is not precluded by this section 200 |
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| 310 | | - | from acknowledging the existence of a complaint and the fact 201 |
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| 311 | | - | that an investigation is underway. 202 |
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| 312 | | - | Section 3. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section 203 |
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| 313 | | - | 112.532, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 204 |
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| 314 | | - | 112.532 Law enforcement officers' and correctional 205 |
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| 315 | | - | officers' rights.—All law enforcement officers and correctional 206 |
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| 316 | | - | officers employed by or appointed to a law enforcement agency or 207 |
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| 317 | | - | a correctional agency shall have th e following rights and 208 |
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| 318 | | - | privileges: 209 |
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| 319 | | - | (4) NOTICE OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION; COPY OF AND OPPORTUNITY 210 |
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| 320 | | - | TO ADDRESS CONTENTS OF INVESTIGATIVE FILE; CONFIDENTIALITY. — 211 |
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| 321 | | - | (b) Notwithstanding s. 112.533(5) s. 112.533(2), whenever 212 |
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| 322 | | - | a law enforcement officer or correction al officer is subject to 213 |
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| 323 | | - | disciplinary action consisting of suspension with loss of pay, 214 |
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| 324 | | - | demotion, or dismissal, the officer or the officer's 215 |
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| 325 | | - | representative must shall, upon request, be provided with a 216 |
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| 326 | | - | complete copy of the investigative file, including the final 217 |
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| 327 | | - | investigative report and all evidence, and with the opportunity 218 |
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| 328 | | - | to address the findings in the report with the employing law 219 |
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| 329 | | - | enforcement agency before imposing disciplinary action 220 |
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| 330 | | - | consisting of suspension with loss of pay, demotion, or 221 |
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| 331 | | - | dismissal. The contents of the complaint and investigation must 222 |
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| 332 | | - | shall remain confidential until such time as the employing law 223 |
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| 333 | | - | enforcement agency makes a final determination whether or not to 224 |
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| 334 | | - | issue a notice of disciplinary action consisting of suspension 225 |
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| 347 | | - | with loss of pay, demotion, or dismissal. This paragraph does 226 |
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| 348 | | - | not provide law enforcement officers with a property interest or 227 |
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| 349 | | - | expectancy of continued employment, employment, or appointment 228 |
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| 350 | | - | as a law enforcement officer. 229 |
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| 351 | | - | Section 4. Subsection (1) of section 145.071, F lorida 230 |
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| 352 | | - | Statutes, is amended to read: 231 |
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| 353 | | - | 145.071 Sheriff.— 232 |
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| 354 | | - | (1) Each sheriff shall receive as salary the amount 233 |
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| 355 | | - | indicated, based on the population of his or her county. In 234 |
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| 356 | | - | addition, a compensation shall be made for population increments 235 |
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| 357 | | - | over the minimum for each group, which shall be determined by 236 |
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| 358 | | - | multiplying the population in excess of the minimum for the 237 |
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| 359 | | - | group times the group rate. 238 |
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| 360 | | - | 239 |
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| 361 | | - | Pop. |
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| 362 | | - | Group County Pop. Range |
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| 363 | | - | Base Salary Group Rate |
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| 364 | | - | 240 |
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| 365 | | - | Minimum Maximum |
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| 366 | | - | 241 |
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| 367 | | - | I |
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| 368 | | - | -0- 49,999 |
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| 369 | | - | $33,350 |
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| 370 | | - | $28,350 $0.07875 |
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| 371 | | - | 242 |
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| 372 | | - | II |
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| 373 | | - | 50,000 99,999 |
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| 374 | | - | 36,500 |
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| 375 | | - | 31,500 0.06300 |
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| 376 | | - | 243 |
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| 389 | | - | III |
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| 390 | | - | 100,000 199,999 |
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| 391 | | - | 39,650 |
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| 392 | | - | 34,650 0.02625 |
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| 393 | | - | 244 |
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| 394 | | - | IV |
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| 395 | | - | 200,000 399,999 |
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| 396 | | - | 42,275 |
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| 397 | | - | 37,275 0.01575 |
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| 398 | | - | 245 |
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| 399 | | - | V |
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| 401 | | - | 45,425 |
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| 402 | | - | 40,425 0.00525 |
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| 403 | | - | 246 |
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| 404 | | - | VI |
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| 405 | | - | 1,000,000 |
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| 406 | | - | 48,575 |
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| 407 | | - | 43,575 0.00400 |
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| 408 | | - | 247 |
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| 409 | | - | 248 |
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| 410 | | - | Section 5. The Legislature hereby determines and declares 249 |
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| 411 | | - | that this act fulfills an important state interest. 250 |
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| 412 | | - | Section 6. Section 166.0486, Florida Statutes, is created 251 |
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| 413 | | - | to read: 252 |
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| 414 | | - | 166.0486 Establishment of civilian oversight boards. — 253 |
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| 415 | | - | (1) The chief of a municipal police department may 254 |
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| 416 | | - | establish a civilian oversight board to review the policies and 255 |
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| 417 | | - | procedures of his or her department and its subdivisions. 256 |
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| 418 | | - | (2) The board must be composed of at least three and up to 257 |
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| 419 | | - | seven members appointed by the chief o f the municipal police 258 |
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| 420 | | - | department, one of which shall be a retired law enforcement 259 |
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| 421 | | - | officer. 260 |
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| 427 | | - | CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. |
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| 430 | | - | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 434 | | - | Section 7. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 261 |
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| 51 | + | in relation to the investigation of complaints of misconduct by 26 |
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| 52 | + | law enforcement officers and correctional officers. 27 |
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| 53 | + | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 28 |
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