Use-of-Force Continuum: Florida Training Requirements
Training
Citation
Florida Administrative Code (FAC) 11B-27.00212 Maintenance of Officer Certification
First enacted Nov. 5, 2002
Effective date May 5, 2020
Summary and Notes
There is no hour requirement for this use of force training, but the training must include instruction in scenario-based firearms training, physiological response dynamics training, less-lethal force options available within the agency, agency use of force policies and legal aspects regarding use-of-force.
Relevant Excerpt
Florida admin code expounds on the requirements of use-of-force training. De-escalation and warn before shooting are not specific topics, but could be encompassed within the broader categories required.
Use-of-Force training. An officer shall, as a part of the officer’s 40-hour continuing education or training every four years, be required to complete the following Use-of-Force training.(a) Use-of-Force training shall include the following topics of instruction: (1) Scenario-based Firearms Training. (2) Physiological Response Dynamics Training. (3) Less-lethal force options available within the agency. (4) Agency policies on Use-of-Force training. (5) Legal aspects regarding Use-of-Force training.
Police are required to be trained on the "use of force." This doesn't specifically include de-escalation or warn before shooting training.
“The law enforcement accreditation program must address, at a minimum, the following aspects of law enforcement: (a) Vehicle pursuits (b) Seizure and forfeiture of contraband articles (c) Recording and processing citizens' complaints (d) Use of force . . . [etc.]”