FL S1220

Creates new law requiring custodial interrogations at detention facilities for 17 covered offenses (including murder, sexual battery, robbery, and arson) to be electronically recorded in their entirety.

Requires law enforcement officers to prepare written reports explaining noncompliance with recording requirements or justifying interrogations conducted outside detention facilities.

Establishes eight exceptions to the electronic recording requirement, including equipment malfunction, suspect refusal, spontaneous statements, and safety concerns.

Requires courts to consider an officer's failure to electronically record an interrogation when determining admissibility of statements, and mandates jury cautionary instructions upon defendant request if unrecorded statements are admitted.

Expands contraband prohibitions in county detention facilities to include cellular telephones and portable communication devices, making unlawful introduction a third-degree felony.