Senate Bill sb1708

    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1708

    By Senator Bronson





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Department of

  3         Corrections; amending s. 944.31, F.S.;

  4         authorizing the secretary of the department to

  5         designate as law enforcement officers employees

  6         of the department's inspector general's office

  7         who are certified as law enforcement officers;

  8         prescribing the powers and duties of employees

  9         so designated; providing an effective date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  Section 944.31, Florida Statutes, is

14  amended to read:

15         944.31  Inspector general; inspectors; power and

16  duties.--The inspector general shall be responsible for prison

17  inspection and investigation, internal affairs investigations,

18  and management reviews. The office of the inspector general

19  shall be charged with the duty of inspecting the penal and

20  correctional systems of the state. The office of the inspector

21  general shall inspect each correctional institution or any

22  place in which state prisoners are housed, worked, or kept

23  within the state, with reference to its physical conditions,

24  cleanliness, sanitation, safety, and comfort; the quality and

25  supply of all bedding; the quality, quantity, and diversity of

26  food served and the manner in which it is served; the number

27  and condition of the prisoners confined therein; and the

28  general conditions of each institution. The office of

29  inspector general shall see that all the rules and regulations

30  issued by the department are strictly observed and followed by

31  all persons connected with the correctional systems of the

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  1  state.  The office of the inspector general shall coordinate

  2  and supervise the work of inspectors throughout the state. The

  3  inspector general and inspectors may enter any place where

  4  prisoners in this state are kept and shall be immediately

  5  admitted to such place as they desire and may consult and

  6  confer with any prisoner privately and without molestation.

  7  The inspector general and inspectors shall be responsible for

  8  criminal and administrative investigation of matters relating

  9  to the Department of Corrections. The secretary may designate

10  persons holding law enforcement certification within the

11  office of the inspector general as law enforcement officers,

12  as necessary, to enforce any criminal law and conduct any

13  criminal investigation on property owned or leased by the

14  department or involving matters over which the department has

15  jurisdiction. Persons designated as law enforcement officers

16  must be certified under s. 943.1395. During In such

17  investigations, the inspector general and inspectors may

18  consult and confer with any prisoner or staff member privately

19  and without molestation and shall have the authority to arrest

20  detain any person for violations of the criminal laws of the

21  state. Such detention shall be made only on properties owned

22  or leased by the department, and The arrested detained person

23  shall be surrendered without delay to the sheriff of the

24  county in which the arrest detention is made, with a formal

25  complaint subsequently made against her or him in accordance

26  with law.

27         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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  2                          SENATE SUMMARY

  3    Authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Corrections
      to designate employees of the department's office of the
  4    inspector general who hold law enforcement certification
      as law enforcement officers to investigate crimes and
  5    enforce criminal law on property owned or leased by the
      department or involving matters in the department's
  6    jurisdiction.

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