FL S1190

Law enforcement agencies must collect and report information on incidents where officers use deadly force resulting in serious injury or death to the Department of Law Enforcement within 15 days after the end of each calendar quarter.

Reported information must include characteristics of the person (race, ethnicity, gender, age, religious affiliation), date/time/location of incident, description of alleged criminal activity, nature of deadly force used, agency explanation, agency guidelines, and nonlethal efforts attempted before using deadly force.

Law enforcement agencies must submit quarterly updates on legal actions, settlements, trials, and final dispositions of cases arising from previously reported incidents.

The Department of Law Enforcement must develop a standardized reporting form and electronic submission system for agencies to use.

The Department of Law Enforcement must retain all collected information for at least 10 years in a database developed in consultation with the Florida Sheriffs Association and Florida Police Chiefs Association, with an effective date of July 1, 2017.