Florida Senate - 2024                                    SB 1708
       
       
        
       By Senator Yarborough
       
       
       
       
       
       4-00967-24                                            20241708__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to public safety programs; amending
    3         ss. 30.15 and 166.0493, F.S.; requiring certain public
    4         safety programs to provide training on a broad range
    5         of victims and common crimes affecting persons,
    6         property, and businesses in the area; requiring that
    7         certain symbols or signage meet specified
    8         requirements; providing an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 30.15, Florida
   13  Statutes, is amended to read:
   14         30.15 Powers, duties, and obligations.—
   15         (3)(a) Every sheriff shall incorporate an antiracial or
   16  other antidiscriminatory profiling policy into the sheriff’s
   17  policies and practices, utilizing the Florida Police Chiefs
   18  Association Model Policy as a guide. Antiprofiling policies
   19  shall include the elements of definitions, traffic stop
   20  procedures, community education and awareness efforts, and
   21  policies for the handling of complaints from the public.
   22         (b) A public safety program established, administered, or
   23  promoted by a sheriff which provides training to businesses and
   24  their employees on assisting crime victims or reporting crimes
   25  must provide training on a broad range of victims and the common
   26  crimes affecting persons, property, and businesses in the area.
   27  Any signage or symbols designating participation in such
   28  programs or designation of a safe location under such programs
   29  must be inclusive of all persons and may not indicate an intent
   30  to benefit a limited group of persons based on characteristics
   31  such as a person’s race, religion, ethnicity, national origin,
   32  sexual orientation, or sex.
   33         Section 2. Section 166.0493, Florida Statutes, is amended
   34  to read:
   35         166.0493 Powers, duties, and obligations of municipal law
   36  enforcement agencies.—
   37         (1) Every municipal law enforcement agency shall
   38  incorporate an antiracial or other antidiscriminatory profiling
   39  policy into the agency’s policies and practices, utilizing the
   40  Florida Police Chiefs Association Model Policy as a guide.
   41  Antiprofiling policies shall include the elements of
   42  definitions, traffic stop procedures, community education and
   43  awareness efforts, and policies for the handling of complaints
   44  from the public.
   45         (2) A public safety program established, administered, or
   46  promoted by a municipal law enforcement agency which provides
   47  training to businesses and their employees on assisting crime
   48  victims or reporting crimes must provide training on a broad
   49  range of victims and the common crimes affecting persons,
   50  property, and businesses in the area. Any signage or symbols
   51  designating participation in such programs or designation of a
   52  safe location under such programs must be inclusive of all
   53  persons and may not indicate an intent to benefit a limited
   54  group of persons based on characteristics such as a person’s
   55  race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation,
   56  or sex.
   57         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.