CopyCited 37 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 2002 WL 2020158
...Additionally, section
39.301, which provides for the initiation of protective investigations by the Department of Children and Families, requires the department to immediately forward allegations of child abuse as defined in section
827.03 to the appropriate local law enforcement agency. See §
39.301(2), Fla. Stat. (2001). Section
39.306 further provides that the department shall enter into working agreements with the local law enforcement entities that will assume the lead in conducting any potential criminal investigations arising from allegations of child abuse. See §
39.306, Fla....
CopyCited 34 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 2008 WL 657867
...(2005) (providing that one of the purposes of the Child Protection Teams is to provide "[e]xpert medical, psychological, and related professional testimony in court cases"); id. §
39.303(1)(j) (stating that CPT assessments shall include "forensic interviews"); id. §
39.306 (requiring CPTs to enter into agreements with local law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute child sexual abuse cases)....
...protection teams are charged with interviewing child victims of sexual abuse and with providing expert testimony in court. Further, section
39.01(13), Florida Statutes (2007), created CPTs for the express purpose of processing child abuse cases, and section
39.306, Florida Statutes (2007), requires CPTs to enter into agreements with local law enforcement agencies to be part of the local investigation and prosecution of child sexual abuse cases....
CopyCited 26 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2007 WL 188417
...d neglect cases. However, the CPT is more than just a passive service provider. The CPT is also required to contract with local law enforcement agencies concerning how it will comply with the requirements imposed on it by chapter 39. In this regard, section 39.306 provides, in pertinent part: The [Department of Children and Family Services] shall enter into agreements with the jurisdictionally responsible county sheriffs' offices and local police departments that will assume the lead in conducti...
...cement. Thus the CPT is an integral part of the law enforcement effort in child abuse, abandonment, and neglect cases by both statute and contract. Indeed, the link between the CPT and local law enforcement is so strong that the CPT is authorized by section 39.306 to have direct access to criminal history information....
CopyCited 8 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2005 WL 2219023
...terrogation. This kind of interview by a CPT is indistinguishable from an ordinary police interrogation. In fact, according to the statute the CPT is by contract part of the local police investigation and prosecution of child sexual abuse cases. See § 39.306, Fla....
