Senate Bill sb0560

    Florida Senate - 2006                                   SB 560

    By Senator Siplin





    19-493-06

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to dart-firing stun guns;

  3         creating s. 943.1717, F.S.; providing

  4         circumstances during which law enforcement,

  5         correctional, and correctional probation

  6         officers may employ a dart-firing stun gun;

  7         requiring the Criminal Justice Standards and

  8         Training Commission to establish standards for

  9         instruction in the use of dart-firing stun guns

10         in self defense and in the use of deadly force;

11         requiring that a minimum number of hours in

12         such training be included in the basic-skills

13         course required for certification; providing an

14         effective date.

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

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18         Section 1.  Section 943.1717, Florida Statutes, is

19  created to read:

20         943.1717  Use of dart-firing stun guns.--

21         (1)  A law enforcement, correctional, or correctional

22  probation officer's decision to use a dart-firing stun gun

23  must involve an arrest or a custodial situation during which

24  the person who is the subject of the arrest or custody

25  escalates resistance to the officer from passive physical

26  resistance to active physical resistance and the person:

27         (a)  Has the apparent ability to physically threaten

28  the officer or others; or

29         (b)  Is preparing or attempting to flee or escape.

30         (2)  The Criminal Justice Standards and Training

31  Commission shall establish standards for instructing law

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                   SB 560
    19-493-06




 1  enforcement, correctional, and correctional probation officers

 2  in the use of dart-firing stun guns in self-defense and in the

 3  use of deadly force. The instructional standards must include

 4  at least 3 hours of training on the effect a dart-firing stun

 5  gun has on persons under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

 6         (3)  Each basic-skills course required for

 7  certification as a law enforcement, correctional, or

 8  correctional probation officer must include instruction on the

 9  use of dart-firing stun guns. The portion of the basic-skills

10  course on the use of stun guns must be a minimum of 4 hours'

11  duration.

12         (4)  After completing the basic-skills course, each law

13  enforcement, correctional, and correctional probation officer

14  must complete a training course on the use of dart-firing stun

15  guns. The training course on the use of stun guns must be a

16  minimum of 4 hours' duration every 2 years.

17         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

18  law.

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21                          SENATE SUMMARY

22    Limits the use of dart-firing stun guns by certain law
      enforcement officers. Requires the Criminal Justice
23    Standards and Training Commission to establish training
      standards for using dart-firing stun guns. Requires
24    continuing education for law enforcement, correctional,
      and correctional probation officers.
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