(1) A sheriff may operate or administer a program to contract for the employment of sheriff’s deputies, during off-duty hours, for public or private security services.
(2)(a) Any such public or private employer of a deputy sheriff shall be responsible for the acts or omissions of the deputy sheriff while performing services for that employer while off duty, including workers’ compensation benefits.
(b) However, for the workers’ compensation purposes of this section:
1. A deputy sheriff so employed who sustains an injury while enforcing the criminal, traffic, or penal laws of this state shall be regarded as working on duty.
2. The term “enforcing the criminal, traffic, or penal laws of this state” shall be interpreted to include, but is not limited to, providing security, patrol, or traffic direction for a private or public employer.
3. A sheriff may include the sheriff’s proportionate costs of workers’ compensation premiums for the off-duty deputy sheriffs providing such services.
(3) Deputy sheriffs employed during off-duty hours pursuant to the provisions of this section are exempt from the licensure requirements of chapter 493 for persons who watch or guard, patrol services, or private investigators.
History.—s. 5, ch. 91-174; s. 184, ch. 95-147; s. 1, ch. 2010-175.
Structure Florida Statutes
30.01 - Bond of Sheriffs; Small Counties.
30.02 - Bond of Sheriffs; Large Counties.
30.03 - Obligation of Sureties.
30.04 - Justification of Sureties.
30.06 - Liability of Sureties.
30.071 - Applicability and Scope of Act.
30.073 - Appointment; Probation; Regular Appointment.
30.074 - Regular Appointee Status.
30.078 - Continuation of Appointment After a Change in Sheriff.
30.079 - Effects of Act; No Property Interest or Expectancy in Office; Sheriff’s Authority.
30.09 - Qualification of Deputies; Special Deputies.
30.12 - Power to Appoint Sheriff.
30.15 - Powers, Duties, and Obligations.
30.21 - Failure to Pay Over Money.
30.22 - When Sheriff May Accept Service.
30.231 - Sheriffs’ Fees for Service of Summons, Subpoenas, and Executions.
30.24 - Transportation and Return of Prisoners.
30.27 - Constructive Mileage Not to Be Charged.
30.29 - Sheriffs May Furnish Vital War Industries Guard Service Against Sabotage.
30.2905 - Program to Contract for Employment of Off-Duty Deputies for Security Services.
30.291 - Closing of Public Facilities Upon Threat of Violence.
30.30 - Writs, Process; Duties and Liabilities in Levying.
30.46 - Sheriffs; Motor Vehicles Color Combination; Badges; Simulation Prohibited; Penalties.
30.50 - Payment of Salaries and Expenses.
30.501 - Bailiffs’ Meals and Lodging.
30.52 - Handling of Public Funds.
30.53 - Independence of Constitutional Officials.
30.56 - Release of Traffic Violator on Recognizance or Bond; Penalty for Failure to Appear.