FL S1970

Prohibits law enforcement, correctional, and correctional probation officers from using chokeholds and neck restraints that apply pressure to the neck, throat, esophagus, trachea, or carotid arteries, except when deadly force is authorized; requires agencies to report violations and mandates commission investigation with disciplinary guidelines.

Requires the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission to establish minimum standards for deescalation training, procedural justice training, implicit bias training, and duty to intervene against excessive force, with specific requirements including verbal/physical tactics, team training, and crisis intervention strategies.

Mandates each law enforcement agency adopt a written policy by January 1, 2023, establishing an affirmative duty for officers to use deescalation techniques wherever possible in citizen interactions; commission must create and publish a model policy by November 30, 2022.

Expands the law enforcement accreditation program to address deescalation techniques, implicit bias training, procedural justice training, mental health and wellness resources for officers, and duty to intervene; changes "use of force" to "response to resistance."

Requires all basic skills courses for initial officer certification to include at least 40 hours of deescalation training, and all officers to receive at least 16 additional hours of deescalation training annually for continued employment.