Bill Text: FL S0810 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Investigation of Lethal Force by Law Enforcement Officers

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-03-11 - Died in Criminal Justice [S0810 Detail]

Download: Florida-2016-S0810-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2016                                     SB 810
       
       
        
       By Senator Thompson
       
       
       
       
       
       12-00941-16                                            2016810__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to investigation of lethal force by
    3         law enforcement officers; creating s. 943.69, F.S.;
    4         defining the term “law enforcement agency”; requiring
    5         the head of a law enforcement agency to report to the
    6         Department of Law Enforcement within a specified time
    7         if the use of force by a law enforcement officer
    8         results in the death of another person; requiring the
    9         head of a law enforcement agency to provide the
   10         department within a specified time the results of the
   11         agency’s investigation; requiring the department to
   12         conduct an independent investigation into such use of
   13         force; providing an effective date.
   14          
   15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   17         Section 1. Section 943.69, Florida Statutes, is created to
   18  read:
   19         943.69 Investigation of lethal force by officers.—
   20         (1) As used in this section, the term “law enforcement
   21  agency” means an agency or a unit of government that has
   22  authority to employ or appoint a law enforcement officer as
   23  defined in s. 943.10.
   24         (2) The head of a law enforcement agency must report to the
   25  department within 24 hours if a law enforcement officer uses
   26  force that results in the death of another person. If the law
   27  enforcement agency conducts an investigation into the use of
   28  force by the officer, the head of the law enforcement agency
   29  must provide the results of the investigation to the department
   30  within 7 days after completion of the investigation.
   31         (3) The department shall conduct an independent
   32  investigation into the use of force by a law enforcement officer
   33  which results in the death of another person.
   34         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.