FL S1392

Requires local and state criminal justice agencies (clerks of court, state attorneys, public defenders, county detention facilities, and the Department of Corrections) to collect and report detailed criminal justice data biweekly to the Department of Law Enforcement beginning January 1, 2019, with the data made publicly accessible in a machine-readable online database

Establishes a model adult prearrest diversion program allowing law enforcement officers, at their sole discretion, to issue civil citations to adults committing qualifying misdemeanor offenses instead of arresting them, provided the adult admits to the offense and meets eligibility criteria; violent misdemeanors and domestic violence offenses are excluded

Requires each judicial circuit to establish a juvenile civil citation or similar prearrest diversion program, developed jointly by the state attorney, public defender, clerk of court, and participating law enforcement agencies, with the state attorney operating the program in each circuit

Mandates the Department of Corrections to publish quarterly data on inmate admissions by offense type and recidivism rates (defined as rearrest, reconviction, reincarceration, or probation revocation within 3 years of release), and requires sentencing scoresheets to be digitized with individual data cells for each field

Appropriates $665,884 in recurring funds and $1,084,116 in nonrecurring funds from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Law Enforcement for database implementation, along with 9 full-time positions, and establishes a pilot project in the Sixth Judicial Circuit for improving criminal justice data transparency