FL S0710

Eliminates complaint review boards previously used to review grievances from law enforcement and correctional officers, replacing them with a compliance review panel process for addressing alleged violations of officers' rights during internal investigations

Authorizes law enforcement and correctional officers to pursue administrative relief or file civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction if they are subjected to disciplinary action in violation of their statutory rights under this part

Removes the requirement that agency violations of officers' rights be proven as "intentional" before triggering the compliance review process; however, the officer still bears the burden of proving intentionality by a preponderance of the evidence at the compliance review hearing to obtain certain remedies

Requires that if a compliance review panel sustains an intentional violation, the investigator must be removed from the investigation (if still ongoing), and the sustained violation must be forwarded to the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission for review as official misconduct or misuse of position

Makes employing agencies financially responsible for an aggrieved officer's monetary expenses—including attorney fees, costs, hardship draws from retirement accounts, loss of income, and loss of personal property—when a disciplinary action directly connected to an intentional violation of the officer's rights is reversed