Bill Text: FL S0454 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Florida College System Institution Police Officers
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-17 - Chapter No. 2013-171 [S0454 Detail]
Download: Florida-2013-S0454-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Florida College System Institution Police Officers
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-17 - Chapter No. 2013-171 [S0454 Detail]
Download: Florida-2013-S0454-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2013 SB 454 By Senator Benacquisto 30-00476A-13 2013454__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to Florida College System police 3 officers; amending s. 23.1225, F.S.; providing for 4 mutual aid agreements involving Florida College System 5 police officers; amending s. 316.640, F.S.; providing 6 for enforcement of traffic laws in certain areas by 7 Florida College System police officers; amending s. 8 1012.88, F.S.; revising provisions relating to the 9 jurisdictional authority of Florida College System 10 police officers; providing an effective date. 11 12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 14 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 15 23.1225, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 16 23.1225 Mutual aid agreements.— 17 (1) The term “mutual aid agreement,” as used in this part, 18 refers to one of the following types of agreement: 19 (a) A voluntary cooperation written agreement between two 20 or more law enforcement agencies, which agreement permits 21 voluntary cooperation and assistance of a routine law 22 enforcement nature across jurisdictional lines. The agreement 23 must specify the nature of the law enforcement assistance to be 24 rendered, the agency or entity that shall bear any liability 25 arising from acts undertaken under the agreement, the procedures 26 for requesting and for authorizing assistance, the agency or 27 entity that has command and supervisory responsibility, a time 28 limit for the agreement, the amount of any compensation or 29 reimbursement to the assisting agency or entity, and any other 30 terms and conditions necessary to give it effect. Examples of 31 law enforcement activities that may be addressed in a voluntary 32 cooperation written agreement include, but are not limited to, 33 establishing a joint city-county task force on narcotics 34 smuggling, authorizing school safety officers to enforce laws in 35 an area within 1,000 feet of a school or school board property, 36 authorizing state university or Florida College System police 37 officers to enforce laws within a specified jurisdictional area 38 as agreed upon in athevoluntary cooperation written agreement, 39 or establishing a joint city-county traffic enforcement task 40 force. 41 Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 42 316.640, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 43 316.640 Enforcement.—The enforcement of the traffic laws of 44 this state is vested as follows: 45 (1) STATE.— 46 (a)1.a. The Division of Florida Highway Patrol of the 47 Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; the Division of 48 Law Enforcement of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 49 Commission; and the agents, inspectors, and officers of the 50 Department of Law Enforcement each have authority to enforce all 51 of the traffic laws of this state on all the streets and 52 highways thereof and elsewhere throughout the state wherever the 53 public has a right to travel by motor vehicle. 54 b. University police officers may enforce all of the 55 traffic laws of this state when violations occur on or within 56 1,000 feet of any property or facilities that are under the 57 guidance, supervision, regulation, or control of a state 58 university, a direct-support organization of such state 59 university, or any other organization controlled by the state 60 university or a direct-support organization of the state 61 university, or when such violations occur within a specified 62 jurisdictional area as agreed upon in a mutual aid agreement 63 entered into with a law enforcement agency pursuant to s. 64 23.1225(1). Traffic laws may also be enforced off-campus when 65 hot pursuit originates on or within 1,000 feet of any such 66 property or facilities, or as agreed upon in accordance with the 67 mutual aid agreement. 68 c. FloridaCommunityCollege System police officers may 69 enforce all the traffic laws of this state only when such 70 violations occur on or within 1,000 feet of any property or 71 facilities that are under the guidance, supervision, regulation, 72 or control of the Florida College System institution, or when 73 such violations occur within a specified jurisdictional area as 74 agreed upon in a mutual aid agreement entered into with a law 75 enforcement agency pursuant to s. 23.1225. Traffic laws may also 76 be enforced off-campus when hot pursuit originates on or within 77 1,000 feet of any such property or facilities, or as agreed upon 78 in accordance with the mutual aid agreementcommunity college79system. 80 d. Police officers employed by an airport authority may 81 enforce all of the traffic laws of this state only when such 82 violations occur on any property or facilities that are owned or 83 operated by an airport authority. 84 (I) An airport authority may employ as a parking 85 enforcement specialist any individual who successfully completes 86 a training program established and approved by the Criminal 87 Justice Standards and Training Commission for parking 88 enforcement specialists but who does not otherwise meet the 89 uniform minimum standards established by the commission for law 90 enforcement officers or auxiliary or part-time officers under s. 91 943.12. This sub-sub-subparagraph may not be construed to permit 92 the carrying of firearms or other weapons, nor shall such 93 parking enforcement specialist have arrest authority. 94 (II) A parking enforcement specialist employed by an 95 airport authority may enforce all state, county, and municipal 96 laws and ordinances governing parking only when such violations 97 are on property or facilities owned or operated by the airport 98 authority employing the specialist, by appropriate state, 99 county, or municipal traffic citation. 100 e. The Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement of the 101 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services may enforce 102 traffic laws of this state. 103 f. School safety officers may enforce all of the traffic 104 laws of this state when such violations occur on or about any 105 property or facilities that are under the guidance, supervision, 106 regulation, or control of the district school board. 107 2. An agency of the state as described in subparagraph 1. 108 is prohibited from establishing a traffic citation quota. A 109 violation of this subparagraph is not subject to the penalties 110 provided in chapter 318. 111 3. Any disciplinary action taken or performance evaluation 112 conducted by an agency of the state as described in subparagraph 113 1. of a law enforcement officer’s traffic enforcement activity 114 must be in accordance with written work-performance standards. 115 Such standards must be approved by the agency and any collective 116 bargaining unit representing such law enforcement officer. A 117 violation of this subparagraph is not subject to the penalties 118 provided in chapter 318. 119 4. The Division of the Florida Highway Patrol may employ as 120 a traffic accident investigation officer any individual who 121 successfully completes instruction in traffic accident 122 investigation and court presentation through the Selective 123 Traffic Enforcement Program as approved by the Criminal Justice 124 Standards and Training Commission and funded through the 125 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration or a similar 126 program approved by the commission, but who does not necessarily 127 meet the uniform minimum standards established by the commission 128 for law enforcement officers or auxiliary law enforcement 129 officers under chapter 943. Any such traffic accident 130 investigation officer who makes an investigation at the scene of 131 a traffic accident may issue traffic citations, based upon 132 personal investigation, when he or she has reasonable and 133 probable grounds to believe that a person who was involved in 134 the accident committed an offense under this chapter, chapter 135 319, chapter 320, or chapter 322 in connection with the 136 accident. This subparagraph does not permit the officer to carry 137 firearms or other weapons, and such an officer does not have 138 authority to make arrests. 139 Section 3. Subsection (2) of section 1012.88, Florida 140 Statutes, is amended to read: 141 1012.88 Florida College System institution police.— 142 (2) Each Florida College System institution police officer 143 is a law enforcement officer of the state and a conservator of 144 the peace who has the authority to arrest, in accordance with 145 the laws of this state, any person for a violation of state law 146 or applicable county or municipal ordinance if that violation 147 occurs on or in any property or facilities or within 1,000 feet 148 of any property of the Florida College System institution by 149 which he or she is employed or any property or facilities of a 150 direct-support organization of such Florida College System 151 institution or any other organization controlled by the Florida 152 College System institution, or when such violations occur within 153 a specified jurisdictional area as agreed upon in a mutual aid 154 agreement entered into with a law enforcement agency pursuant to 155 s. 23.1225. A Florida College System institution police officer 156 may also arrest a person off campus for a violation committed on 157 campus after a hot pursuit of that person that began on or 158 within 1,000 feet of any such property or facilities. A Florida 159 College System institution police officer may bear arms in the 160 performance of his or her duties and carry out a search pursuant 161 to a search warrant on the campus where he or she is employed. 162 Florida College System institution police, upon request of the 163 sheriff or local police authority, may serve subpoenas or other 164 legal process and may make arrests of persons against whom 165 arrest warrants have been issued or against whom charges have 166 been made for violations of federal or state laws or county or 167 municipal ordinances. 168 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.