Independent institutions that check this jurisdiction's own power — audit, ombudsman, inspector general, civilian review, ethics, and grand-jury bodies established by statute.
The Florida Auditor General is appointed by the Legislative Auditing Committee and confirmed by both houses of the Legislature. The office serves a four-year term and audits state agencies,...
Read scorecard → 02 Inspector GeneralThe Florida Chief Inspector General is appointed by the Governor and coordinates oversight of executive branch agencies. Each agency also has its own IG. The Chief IG has subpoena power and access...
Read scorecard → 03 Inspector GeneralEstablished by F.S. §944.31, the FDC Office of Inspector General conducts prison inspections, internal affairs investigations, and management reviews of all state correctional institutions and...
Read scorecard → 04 Ethics CommissionThe Florida Commission on Ethics enforces financial disclosure and ethics laws for all state and local public officers and employees. The nine members are appointed by the Governor, Senate...
Read scorecard → 05 Civilian ReviewThe CJSTC is Florida's POST board responsible for establishing minimum training standards, certifying, and decertifying all sworn law enforcement, correctional, and correctional probation officers...
Read scorecard →Florida LE oversight operates through two primary statewide mechanisms. The Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission (CJSTC, F.S. §943.11, §943.1395) is the state POST board that certifies and decertifies all law enforcement, correctional, and correctional probation officers; it can revoke, suspend, or place officers on probation but does not independently investigate use-of-force incidents. The Department of Corrections has its own statutory Inspector General (F.S. §944.31) with broad inspection, internal-affairs, and criminal-investigation authority over state prisons. Statewide civilian oversight is absent: a 2024 law (HB 601, F.S. §112.533) preempted local civilian oversight boards from investigating officer complaints, limiting them to post-hoc policy review of concluded IA files. The Chief Inspector General (F.S. §14.32) coordinates oversight of all executive agencies, including FDLE, but does not provide independent civilian review of individual officer conduct.