The purpose of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is to promote public safety and strengthen domestic security by providing services in partnership with local, state, and federal criminal justice agencies to prevent, investigate, and solve crimes while protecting Florida's citizens and visitors.

The department is headed by the Governor and Florida Cabinet, which is comprised of the Attorney General, the Chief Financial Officer, and the Commissioner of Agriculture. The Governor appoints a Commissioner (Executive Director) with the approval of the Cabinet and confirmation by the Florida Senate.

The department's activities include the following.

• Investigations and Forensic Science manages, coordinates, and provides investigative and forensic services. It conducts independent investigations and coordinates multi-jurisdictional and major impact criminal investigations with local, state, and federal authorities within the department’s major focus areas: violent crime, economic crime, drug crime, public integrity, computer crime and domestic security/counterterrorism. Investigative services are delivered to Florida's criminal justice community through a network of seven regional operations centers and 14 field offices. It offers forensic services on physical evidence collected and submitted for analysis by law enforcement agencies or collected by the department's crime scene teams through six regional crime laboratories.
• Criminal Justice Information Services provides a central repository of criminal justice information for the state, including criminal history records, criminal subject biometrics, wanted and missing persons, gang members, violent felony offenders, and stolen property. The program offers screening services to criminal justice agencies, non-criminal justice agencies, and private citizens to identify persons with criminal warrants, arrests, and convictions. It also provides the information technology infrastructure for the department's systems and networks.
• Criminal Justice Professionalism promotes and facilitates competency and professional conduct of Florida's criminal justice officers and delivers training to department staff and Florida’s criminal justice community. It works with criminal justice agencies to provide entry-level and in-service officer training and to maintain disciplinary standards. It also develops and implements criminal justice training curricula and certification examinations for law enforcement, corrections, and correctional probation officer applicants.
• Florida Capitol Police provides uniformed law enforcement operations to ensure the safety and security for the Executive Office of the Governor, the Cabinet, the Legislature, visiting dignitaries, and other state officials and employees and visitors to the Capitol Complex and Capitol Circle Office Complex.
• Executive Direction and Business Support provides management, coordination, and leadership to the agency and ensures the department's mission and objectives are being followed. This includes the offices of the Commissioner (Executive Director), the General Counsel, the Chief of Staff, the Inspector General, and Executive Investigations, as well as Protective Operations.

The funding information listed below is provided by Transparency Florida. Additional funding information can be obtained on the State of Florida Fiscal Portal or by contacting the department.

Information on the department’s performance may be found in its Open Government and Publications webpages.

OPPAGA Reports and Presentations
A complete list of OPPAGA reports and presentations is available on our website.

Other Reports
Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Uniform Crime Reports 
Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Florida Incident-Based Reporting System 
Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Publications 
Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Inspector General Publications 
A complete list of Florida Auditor General reports is available on its website.

Websites of Interest
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children 
Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website
Federal Bureau of Investigation National Crime Information Center
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Chapter 943, Florida Statutes

Florida Department of Law Enforcement Contact Website
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
2331 Phillips Road
Tallahassee, Florida 32308-5333
(850) 410-7000
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