The Florida Senate

943.26  Division of Local Law Enforcement Assistance.--There is created a Division of Local Law Enforcement Assistance within the Department of Law Enforcement. The division shall be supervised by a director who shall be employed upon the recommendation of the executive director. The division, upon the direction of the executive director of the department, shall be authorized to:

(1)  Adopt and recommend cooperative policies for the coordination of the law enforcement work of all state, county, and municipal agencies possessing law enforcement responsibilities.

(2)  Assist local law enforcement agencies by providing consultation, research and planning assistance, training, or field technical services, and engaging in such other activities as will aid local law enforcement officers in preventing or solving crimes and controlling criminal activity.

(3)  Provide forensic services to state, local, and other law enforcement agencies and criminal justice agencies and adopt policies, procedures, and standards for the operation of state-operated crime laboratories.

History.--s. 9, ch. 74-386; s. 2, ch. 78-347; s. 16, ch. 85-224; s. 32, ch. 87-387; s. 4, ch. 89-3.