Senate Bill sb2238

    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 2238

    By Senator Siplin





    19-876A-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Department of Law

  3         Enforcement; amending s. 943.13, F.S.;

  4         requiring all officers, as a minimum

  5         qualification for employment or appointment, to

  6         attend a specified amount of training on how to

  7         use a taser gun as a means of restraining and

  8         arresting individuals suspected of criminal

  9         activity; 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.  Subsection (12) is added to section 943.13,

14  Florida Statutes, to read:

15         943.13  Officers' minimum qualifications for employment

16  or appointment.--On or after October 1, 1984, any person

17  employed or appointed as a full-time, part-time, or auxiliary

18  law enforcement officer or correctional officer; on or after

19  October 1, 1986, any person employed as a full-time,

20  part-time, or auxiliary correctional probation officer; and on

21  or after October 1, 1986, any person employed as a full-time,

22  part-time, or auxiliary correctional officer by a private

23  entity under contract to the Department of Corrections, to a

24  county commission, or to the Department of Management Services

25  shall:

26         (12)  Complete 100 hours of training in the use of

27  tasers as a means of restraining and arresting individuals

28  suspected of criminal activity.

29         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 2238
    19-876A-05




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 3    Provides that as a minimum qualification for employment
      or appointment, all law enforcement officers must
 4    complete 100 hours of training in the use of taser guns
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