FL S1742

Creates new section 943.087 requiring law enforcement agencies to report all incidents where deadly force results in serious bodily injury or death to the Department of Law Enforcement within 15 days after each calendar quarter ends.

Defines "serious bodily injury" as bodily injury involving substantial risk of death, unconsciousness, protracted disfigurement, or loss/impairment of bodily member function or mental faculty.

Agencies must collect and report 14 categories of information including officer and subject demographics, incident circumstances, type of force used, reason for contact, whether subject resisted or possessed weapons, and nonlethal efforts attempted.

Department of Law Enforcement must create a standardized reporting form, establish electronic submission capability, and develop a database in consultation with the Florida Sheriffs Association and Florida Police Chiefs Association to retain reported information for at least 10 years.

Becomes effective July 1, 2021.