DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
F.S. Ch. 943
in effectContents
section943.01. Short title.section943.02. Definitions.section943.03. Department of Law Enforcement.section943.04. Criminal Justice Investigations and Forensic Science Program; creation; investigative, forensic, and related authority.section943.05. Criminal Justice Information Program; duties; crime reports.section943.06. Criminal and Juvenile Justice Information Systems Council.section943.08. Duties; Criminal and Juvenile Justice Information Systems Council.section943.09. Criminal Justice Professionalism Program.section943.10. Definitions; ss. 943.085-943.255.section943.11. Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission; membership; meetings; compensation.section943.12. Powers, duties, and functions of the commission.section943.13. Officers’ minimum qualifications for employment or appointment.section943.14. Commission-certified criminal justice training schools; certificates and diplomas; exemptions; injunctive relief; fines.section943.16. Payment of tuition or officer certification examination fee by employing agency; reimbursement of tuition, other course expenses, wages, and benefits.section943.17. Basic recruit, advanced, and career development training programs; participation; cost; evaluation.section943.18. Compensation and benefits study; recommendation.section943.19. Saving clause.section943.22. Salary incentive program for full-time officers.section943.25. Criminal justice trust funds; source of funds; use of funds.section943.31. Legislative intent.section943.032. Financial Crime Analysis Center and Financial Transaction Database.section943.32. Statewide criminal analysis laboratory system.section943.33. State-operated criminal analysis laboratories.section943.34. Powers and duties of department in relation to state-operated laboratories.section943.35. Funding for existing laboratories.section943.36. Submission of annual budget.section943.37. Option to become state-operated laboratory; operational control.section943.041. Child Exploitation and Crimes Against Children Program.section943.043. Toll-free telephone number; Internet notification; sexual predator and sexual offender information.section943.045. Definitions; ss. 943.045-943.08.section943.046. Notification of criminal offender information.section943.051. Criminal justice information; collection and storage; fingerprinting.section943.052. Disposition reporting.section943.053. Dissemination of criminal justice information; fees.section943.054. Exchange of federal criminal history records and information.section943.055. Records and audit.section943.056. Criminal history records; access, review, and challenge.section943.057. Access to criminal justice information for research or statistical purposes.section943.059. Court-ordered sealing of criminal history records.section943.60. Definitions.section943.61. Powers and duties of the Capitol Police.section943.62. Investigations by the Capitol Police.section943.63. Arrest by the Capitol Police.section943.64. Ex officio agents.section943.66. Rules; Facilities Program, Capitol Police; traffic regulation.section943.67. Equipment.section943.68. Transportation and protective services.section943.69. Care for Retired Police Dogs Program.section943.081. Public safety system information technology resources; guiding principles.section943.082. School Safety Awareness Program.section943.085. Legislative intent with respect to upgrading the quality of law enforcement officers and correctional officers.section943.125. Accreditation of state and local law enforcement agencies, correctional facilities, public agency offices of inspectors general, and certain pretrial diversion programs; intent.section943.131. Temporary employment or appointment; minimum basic recruit training exemptions.section943.132. Implementation of federal qualified active or qualified retired law enforcement concealed firearms provisions.section943.133. Responsibilities of employing agency, commission, and program with respect to compliance with employment qualifications and the conduct of background investigations; injunctive relief.section943.134. Release of employee information by employers.section943.135. Requirements for continued employment.section943.137. Establishment of qualifications and standards above the minimum.section943.139. Notice of employment, appointment, or separation; response by the officer; duty of commission.section943.146. Securing of copyrights by the department and sale of department work products.section943.171. Basic skills training in handling domestic violence cases.section943.172. Basic skills training in victims assistance and rights.section943.173. Examinations; administration; materials not public records; disposal of materials.section943.175. Inservice training.section943.253. Exemption; elected officers.section943.255. Effect of chs. 80-71 and 81-24 on prior rules and administrative proceedings.section943.256. Criminal justice selection centers; creation.section943.257. Independent audit documentation subject to inspection.section943.0311. Chief of Domestic Security; duties of the department with respect to domestic security.section943.0312. Regional domestic security task forces.section943.0313. Domestic Security Oversight Council.section943.0314. Public records and public meetings exemptions; Domestic Security Oversight Council.section943.0321. The Florida Domestic Security and Counter-Terrorism Intelligence Center and the Florida Domestic Security and Counter-Terrorism Database.section943.324. Rapid DNA Grant Program for county jails or sheriffs’ offices.section943.325. DNA database.section943.326. DNA evidence collected in sexual offense forensic physical examinations and investigations.section943.327. Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy Grant Program.section943.328. Expedited DNA Testing Grant Program.section943.361. Statewide criminal analysis laboratory system; funding through fine surcharges.section943.362. Forfeiture and Investigative Support Trust Fund.section943.365. Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund.section943.366. Federal Grants Trust Fund.section943.367. Administrative Trust Fund.section943.403. Rulemaking; criminal justice program.section943.0411. Online Sting Operations Grant Program for local law enforcement agencies to protect children.section943.0412. Identity Theft and Fraud Grant Program.section943.0413. Critical Infrastructure Mapping Grant Program.section943.0415. Cybercrime Office.section943.0435. Sexual offenders required to register with the department; penalty.section943.0436. Duty of the court to uphold laws governing sexual predators and sexual offenders.section943.0437. Commercial social networking websites.section943.0438. Athletic coaches for independent sanctioning authorities.section943.0439. Interviews of victims, suspects, or defendants with autism or an autism spectrum disorder.section943.0515. Retention of criminal history records of minors.section943.0525. Criminal justice information systems; use by state and local agencies.section943.0535. Aliens, criminal records.section943.0542. Access to criminal history information provided by the department to qualified entities.section943.0543. National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact; ratification and implementation.section943.0544. Criminal justice information network and information management.section943.0575. Public access to records.section943.0578. Lawful self-defense expunction.section943.0581. Administrative expunction for arrests made contrary to law or by mistake.section943.0582. Diversion program expunction.section943.0583. Human trafficking victim expunction.section943.0584. Criminal history records ineligible for court-ordered expunction or court-ordered sealing.section943.0585. Court-ordered expunction of criminal history records.section943.0595. Automatic sealing of criminal history records; confidentiality of related court records.section943.601. Preservation of legislative powers.section943.611. Director of Capitol Police.section943.681. Capitol Police program; funding.section943.685. Authority to purchase good will and promotional materials.section943.686. Unauthorized use of Department of Law Enforcement emblems or names prohibited.section943.687. Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission.section943.1395. Certification for employment or appointment; concurrent certification; reemployment or reappointment; inactive status; revocation; suspension; investigation.section943.1397. Officer certification examinations; fee.section943.1701. Uniform statewide policies and procedures; duty of the commission.section943.1702. Collection of statistics on domestic violence.section943.1715. Basic skills training relating to diverse populations.section943.1716. Continued employment training relating to diverse populations.section943.1717. Use of dart-firing stun guns.section943.1718. Body cameras; policies and procedures.section943.1719. Basic skills training relating to the use of electronic databases.section943.1724. Sexual assault investigation training.section943.1725. Basic skills training on human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome.section943.1726. Continued employment training relating to diabetic emergencies.section943.1727. Continued employment training relating to autism spectrum disorder.section943.1728. Basic skills training relating to the protection of archaeological sites.section943.1729. Skills training relating to community policing.section943.1735. Basic skills training related to use of force; use of force policies; contents.section943.1740. Standards for use of force investigations.section943.1745. Training relating to officer health and wellness principles.section943.1755. Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute.section943.1757. Criminal justice executives; training; policy report.section943.1758. Curriculum revision for diverse populations; skills training.section943.2561. Definitions.section943.2562. Advisory boards.section943.2563. Advisory board organization; center oversight.section943.2564. Center supervision; role of directing school or directing agency.section943.2565. Centralized information centers on prospective employment candidates.section943.2566. Promotions; feasibility study to establish pool of evaluators to assess qualifications.section943.2567. Operation and administration accounts; annual budget.section943.2568. Advisory boards; expense reimbursement.section943.03101. Counter-terrorism and immigration enforcement coordination.section943.3251. Postsentencing DNA testing.section943.04351. Search of registration information regarding sexual predators and sexual offenders required before appointment or employment.section943.04352. Search of registration information regarding sexual predators and sexual offenders required when placement on misdemeanor probation.section943.04353. Triennial study of sexual predator and sexual offender registration and notification procedures.section943.04354. Removal of the requirement to register as a sexual offender or sexual predator in special circumstances.section943.6871. Criminal justice data transparency.section943.6872. Use of force data collection.section943.6873. Active assailant response policy.section943.17191. Continued employment training relating to the use of electronic databases.section943.17261. Department of Law Enforcement; training related to medical use of marijuana.section943.17291. Basic skills training in juvenile sexual offender investigation.section943.17295. Continued employment training relating to juvenile sexual offender investigation.section943.17296. Training in identifying and investigating elder abuse and neglect.section943.17297. Training in identifying and investigating human trafficking.section943.17298. Training in the recognition of and responses to head trauma and brain injury in a child under 6 years of age.section943.17299. Continued employment training relating to Alzheimer’s disease and related forms of dementia.section943.44353. Automatic notification of registration information regarding sexual predators and offenders.
Source: FL Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2025/Chapter943/AllFetched: 7/8/2026