Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...officers may carry weapons, openly or concealed, when such officers are on-duty or off-duty. 3 Whether their authority to carry such a weapon extends statewide will depend upon the authorization given by the correctional officer's employing agency. Section 790.051 , Florida Statutes, exempts a law enforcement officer from licensing requirements when acting within the scope of his or her official duties or in the line or performance of duty....

...Based upon the following analysis, I am of the opinion that assistant state attorneys are law enforcement officers for purposes of Ch. 790 , F.S., and are exempt from the licensing requirements set forth in s. 790.06 , F.S., while acting within the scope of their official duties. Section 790.051 , F.S., provides: Law enforcement officers are exempt from the licensing and penal provisions of this chapter when acting at any time within the scope or course of their official duties or when acting at any time in the line of or performance of duty....

...l officer; . . . 3 You ask whether the above provision limits the general definition of "law enforcement officer" in s. 790.001 (8), F.S., and the ability of assistant state attorneys to carry concealed weapons under the law enforcement exemption of s. 790.051 , F.S....

...tion 790.23 (3), Florida Statutes, "[a]ny person who violates this section commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 , s. 775.083 , or s. 775.084." You note that there is an exemption for law enforcement officers in section 790.051 , Florida Statutes, from the licensing and penal provisions of Chapter 790 "when acting at any time within the scope or course of their official duties or when acting at any time in the line of or performance of duty." Section 790.001...

Training Laws (ss. 943.09-943.24, F. S.). Section 790.051, F. S., exempts "law enforcement officers,"

...them. Only law enforcement and peace officers are exempt from Florida’s firearm- use controls, and then only while acting “within the scope or course of their official duties or when acting at any time in the line of or performance of a duty.” § 790.051, Fla....