Senate Bill sb0556

    Florida Senate - 2006                                   SB 556

    By Senator Siplin





    19-194A-06

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to law enforcement officers;

  3         amending s. 943.13, F.S.; requiring all

  4         officers, as a minimum qualification for

  5         employment or appointment, to attend a

  6         specified amount of training on how to use a

  7         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 4 hours of training every 2 years in the

27  use of Tasers as a means of restraining and arresting

28  individuals suspected of criminal activity. The training shall

29  include instruction on the effect Tasers have upon persons who

30  are using controlled substances.

31         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                   SB 556
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      employment or appointment, to attend training courses on
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