Off-duty Details in Florida: Compliance with Statute 30.51
PowerDetails is privileged to collaborate with law enforcement agencies nationwide.
Through our experience working in different states across the country, we’ve come to understand that each state has its own rules and regulations that must be accounted for when overseeing off-duty and overtime details.
As such, our software solutions are custom-tailored to streamline every aspect of off-duty detail and overtime management, encompassing job scheduling, payment processing, and enforcement of your state policy/limits.
Understanding the unique systems and protocols of each agency is paramount. And despite statewide regulations governing off-duty job processing, many agencies have developed their own internal processes, sometimes falling short of effectively enforcing these rules.
In the state of Florida, Statute 30.51 mandates that law enforcement agencies collect payment from employers/vendors before officers undertake off-duty assignments.*
This regulation aims to safeguard taxpayers from shouldering private security costs and ensures meticulous payment tracking by the agency.
However, despite being in effect since 2012, cash transactions between employers and officers remain prevalent, presenting challenges such as inaccurate hour reporting, uncollected agency fees, and a lack of accountability due to the absence of a paper trail.
In response to this issue, PowerDetails has developed an estimates tool within our platform, aimed at mitigating cash transactions and bolstering compliance with Florida Statute 30.51.
Agencies can generate estimates and securely collect payments electronically prior to job commencement.
Employers can conveniently settle invoices online via credit/debit card or ACH payments, ensuring prompt and transparent payment processing directly into the agency's bank account.
Our platform features an automatic reconciliation function, swiftly adjusting invoices based on actual work hours versus scheduled estimates.
If your agency relies on cash payments, particularly in Florida, reach out to us at team@powerdetails.com to revolutionize your off-duty detail management.
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*30.51 Fees and commissions.
(1) No bills shall be rendered to the county for any services, nor shall any fees, commissions, or other remuneration for official services as sheriff be paid by the board of county commissioners of any county to the sheriff of the county except as provided by this section. All fees, commissions and other remuneration provided by law for services other than criminal shall be charged by the said sheriff to other authorities and parties doing business with their offices, and shall be paid over to the county as provided in this section.
(2) The fees authorized, or a deposit sufficient to cover them, shall be collected in advance from the party who requests the service; provided, that services may be performed for any governmental agency or unit without advance payment, and the officer shall bill and collect the fees earned from such agency after the service is performed or when the amount due is determined.
(3) Deposits for fees shall be placed in a depository trust account. The officer who receives the deposit shall keep an account with the depositor, and shall withdraw monthly from the deposits the fees earned and shall remit them to the county fund or funds as provided by this section.
(4) Fees or commissions commingled when received with other official collections may be deposited with such other collections in the trust account or accounts and distributed to the county fund or funds at the time that the other collections, with which they were received, are distributed.
(5) All fees, commissions, or other funds collected by the sheriff for services rendered or performed by his or her office shall be remitted monthly to the county.
(6) No sheriff shall render to another county a bill for service of process in any criminal matter.
History.—s. 5, ch. 57-368; s. 1, ch. 59-365; s. 8, ch. 69-82; s. 190, ch. 95-147; s. 26, ch. 2001-266.
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