FL S1054

Law enforcement officers must arrest and detain for 48 hours any person suspected of domestic violence if it appears an immediate and present danger exists and will continue.

When determining primary aggressor in domestic violence cases involving multiple complainants, officers must detain the primary aggressor for 48 hours if immediate and present danger appears likely to continue.

Courts must order the sheriff to take respondents into custody for 48 hours upon serving injunctions for protection against domestic violence or repeat/sexual/dating violence when immediate and present danger exists and will continue.

Law enforcement officers must arrest and detain for 48 hours persons suspected of dating violence or identified as primary aggressors in dating violence cases if immediate and present danger of continued violence appears to exist.

Effective date is July 1, 2011.