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Florida Court Clerks & Comptrollers New Clerk Academy. Presenter: Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Criminal Justice Information Services. Criminal Case Dispositions. Through partnerships between the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Florida Clerks of Court the
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Florida Court Clerks & Comptrollers New Clerk Academy Presenter: Florida Department of Law Enforcement Criminal Justice Information Services
Criminal Case Dispositions Through partnerships between the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Florida Clerks of Court the Adult Felony Disposition Rate is 82%
Partnerships Why do we call you? Firearm background checks Concealed weapon permit checks Licensing Employment Adoption…
Historic Resubmission Project Holmes Jackson Walton Okaloosa Wash- ington Nassau Escambia Santa Rosa Gadsden Hamilton Cal- houn Leon Madison Jefferson Duval Bay Baker Columbia Wakulla Liberty Suwanee Wakulla Union Taylor La- fayette Clay Brad- ford Gulf Franklin St. Johns Gil- christ Alachua Putnam 25 Participating Counties to Date 1.7 million added dispositions 6.1 million modified dispositions Dixie Flagler Levy Seminole Marion Volusia Citrus Lake Sumter Hernando Orange Orange Pasco Brevard Osceola Seminole Hills- borough Polk Pinellas Indian River Manatee Okee- chobee Hardee High lands St. Lucie Data submission complete (21) Desoto Sarasota Martin Glades Charlotte Data submission ongoing (4) Hendry Palm Beach Lee Pending/Not yet participating (32) Broward Collier Monroe Dade
LOGAN LOGAN upgrades to be implemented October 2014 • The first official changes to the Data Element Dictionary (or “pink book”) since 1997 • The changes were authored by the OBTS Committee comprised of Clerks, FCCC, OSCA, FDLE, DC and DJJ • FDLE will begin accepting records in October 2014 • We will continue to accept records in the older format • Grant funding is available to counties to make changes to the files that are submitted to FDLE and OSCA • Contact Erin Callan, FDLE Disposition, for information
Prosecutor Filed Charges The Clerks of Court currently submit Prosecutor Filed Charges to LOGAN. Beginning Fall 2014, FDLE will begin displaying these interim charges.
Contacts FDLE Disposition Section Senior Management Analyst Supervisor Erin Callan (850) 410-7944 ErinCallan@fdle.state.fl.us CJISDisposition@fdle.state.fl.us
MECOM Mental Competency Database Firearm Purchase Program
MECOM Federal and state law prohibits the sale or transfer of firearms to any person adjudicated as mentally defective or committed to a mental institution. Mental Competency Database (MECOM) Established in February 2007, MECOM is an automated database used to receive and store information from the Clerks of Court pertaining to persons adjudicated mentally defective or committed to a mental institution by a court order or a judicial finding of incapacity. Information is shared with the FBI NICS and other specified agencies for the purpose of determining firearm sale or transfer eligibility.
MECOM - Statistics Records in MECOM: 159,811 All statistics as of March 11, 2014
Submission Methods Holmes Jackson Walton Okaloosa Wash- ington Nassau Escambia Santa Rosa Gadsden Hamilton Cal- houn Leon Madison Jefferson Duval Bay Baker Columbia Wakulla Liberty Suwanee Wakulla Union Taylor La- fayette Clay Brad- ford Gulf Franklin St. Johns Gil- christ Alachua Putnam Dixie Flagler Levy Seminole Entering Records into MECOM (32) Marion Volusia Citrus Lake Sumter Hernando Orange Orange Entering Records into MECOM and Faxing / Emailing Records to FDLE (7) Pasco Brevard Osceola Seminole Hills- borough Polk Pinellas Indian River Manatee Okee- chobee Hardee High lands St. Lucie Faxing / Emailing Records to FDLE (28) Desoto Sarasota Martin Glades Charlotte Hendry Palm Beach Lee Broward Collier Monroe Dade
HB 1355 HB 1355 (2013-249 Laws of Florida) “Relating to Purchase of Firearms by Mentally Ill Persons” • Amended Section 790.065, F.S., Sale and Delivery of Firearms • Involuntary examination • Examining physician’s finding the subject “is an imminent danger to [self] or others.” • Written notice of implications and informed consent [as defined by law] before agreeing to voluntary treatment. • Subject agrees to voluntary treatment • Admission to a mental institution or treatment facility; the administrator must file records with the Clerk of the Court within 24 hours. • The Clerk of Court must present records to a judge or magistrate within 24 hours. • Upon review and approval, the judge or magistrate must order the record be submitted to FDLE. • The Clerk of Court is responsible for submitting the record to FDLE within 24 hours.
Contacts FDLE User Services Bureau Bureau Chief Tim Giesecke (850) 410-8113 TimothyGiesecke@fdle.state.fl.us MECOM@fdle.state.fl.us