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Florida Statute 30.2905 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)
Title V
JUDICIAL BRANCH
Chapter 30
SHERIFFS
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F.S. 30.2905
30.2905 Program to contract for employment of off-duty deputies for security services.—
(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.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 30.2905
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 30.2905.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

PEOPLES GAS SYSTEM, a a v. POSEN CONSTRUCTION, INC. a, 931 F.3d 1337 (11th Cir. 2019)

. . . . § 30.2905(2)(a), providing that any "public or private employer of a deputy sheriff shall be responsible . . .

PEOPLES GAS SYSTEM, A DIVISION OF TAMPA ELECTRIC COMPANY, a v. POSEN CONSTRUCTION, INC., 323 F. Supp. 3d 1362 (M.D. Fla. 2018)

. . . . § 30.2905, which provides: "Any such public or private employer of a deputy sheriff shall be responsible . . . Stat. § 30.2905 created an indirect right to statutory indemnification). . . .

BLUE MARTINI KENDALL, LLC, v. MIAMI DADE COUNTY FLORIDA, a, 816 F.3d 1343 (11th Cir. 2016)

. . . Stat. § 30.2905. . . . Moreover, the required payment is compelled by § 30.2905. . . . Blue Martini has asked us to examine the constitutionality of § 30.2905. . . . There is more than enough to uphold the constitutionality of § 30.2905. . . . Stat. § 30.2905 fails under rational basis scrutiny. Accordingly, we affirm. AFFIRMED. . . . . § 30.2905 (emphasis added). . . .

MARTINEZ, v. MIAMI- DADE COUNTY,, 32 F. Supp. 3d 1232 (S.D. Fla. 2014)

. . . Martini Kendall, LLC indemnify the County in accordance with the provisions of Florida Statute, section 30.2905 . . . Obligated By Statute to Indemnify Miami-Dade County Based on the language of Florida Statute, section 30.2905 . . . Florida Statute, section 30.2905 states, in relevant part: (1) A sheriff may operate or administer a . . . Gen 186 (1990), is directly on point and states that section 30.2905 is not a strict liability statute . . . Thus, under the terms of Florida Statute, section 30.2905, Blue Martini Kendall, LLC, as the permit holder . . .

MARTINEZ, v. MIAMI- DADE COUNTY,, 975 F. Supp. 2d 1293 (S.D. Fla. 2013)

. . . Miami-Dade County is entitled to indemnification from Blue Martini pursuant to Florida Statute, section 30.2905 . . . Florida Statute, section 30.2905 states, in pertinent part: (1) A sheriff may operate or administer a . . . Blue Martini has offered no authority to support its interpretation of section 30.2905. . . .