Florida Senate - 2021                                     SB 460
       
       
        
       By Senator Bracy
       
       
       
       
       
       11-00041-21                                            2021460__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to early intervention systems for law
    3         enforcement officers; creating s. 943.6875, F.S.;
    4         providing legislative findings and intent; requiring
    5         every law enforcement agency to create an early
    6         intervention system to track and identify potentially
    7         damaging patterns of behavior by law enforcement
    8         officers; providing risk indicators; providing an
    9         effective date.
   10          
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Section 943.6875, Florida Statutes, is created
   14  to read:
   15         943.6875 Early intervention systems for law enforcement
   16  officers.—
   17         (1) The Legislature finds that a small percentage of law
   18  enforcement officers is responsible for a disproportionate
   19  number of excessive force complaints received by law enforcement
   20  agencies. The Legislature also finds that proactive and early
   21  identification of that small percentage of law enforcement
   22  officers and intervention through mentorship, counseling, and
   23  additional training may lead to positive outcomes in the careers
   24  of such officers and in their encounters with the public.
   25         (2) The Legislature intends for all law enforcement
   26  agencies in this state to create early intervention systems to
   27  proactively identify law enforcement officers who are likely to
   28  engage in potentially damaging behaviors, such as excessive
   29  force, before such behaviors occur in order to protect such
   30  officers, other law enforcement officers, and the members of the
   31  public with whom they interact and to offer intervention through
   32  mentorship, counseling, and additional training.
   33         (3) Every law enforcement agency in this state shall create
   34  an early intervention system to track and identify potentially
   35  damaging patterns of behavior by law enforcement officers.
   36         (4) Risk indicators to track which may identify potentially
   37  damaging patterns of behavior by law enforcement officers
   38  include, but need not be limited to:
   39         (a) Complaints against an individual law enforcement
   40  officer or a group of law enforcement officers.
   41         (b) Frequency and severity of disciplinary incidents.
   42         (c) Incidents involving use of force.
   43         (d) Incidents involving use of deadly force.
   44         (e) Arrests made by a law enforcement officer of
   45  individuals for resisting arrest.
   46         (f) Reports of injuries suffered by a law enforcement
   47  officer.
   48         (g) Vehicle accidents involving a law enforcement officer.
   49         (h) Civil litigation filed against a law enforcement
   50  officer.
   51         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.