Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...Similarly, state law provides that a county may designate its sheriff as its chief corrections officer, and then, only “[i]f designated,” the sheriff must “enforce all existing state law concerning the operation and maintenance of county jails.” Id. § 951.061(2); see also, e.g., id....

....48-30.53 shall be construed to alter, modify or change in any manner any civil service system or board, state or local, now in existence or hereafter established. Section 30.07, Florida Statutes, gives the sheriff authority to appoint deputies, and section 951.061, Florida Statutes, similarly gives the sheriff authority to appoint correctional officers for a county correctional system....

...1029, 110 S.Ct. 1477, 108 L.Ed.2d 614 (1990). [5] McRae asserts that his activities as a correctional officer at the county jail bring him within the statutory framework. A sheriff may appoint correctional officers to the county correctional system. See § 951.061, Fla....

...fice. See e.g., § 30.53, Fla.Stat. (1987) (statute preserves the independence of sheriffs in matters “concerning the purchase of supplies and equipment, selection of personnel, and the hiring, firing and setting of salaries of such personnel”); § 951.061, Fla.Stat....

...arrestees, as well as for the protection of other inmates and staff. The state argues that the deputy's testimony established that he obtained written authorization of a "supervising officer on duty." In so arguing, the state points out that, under section 951.061, Florida Statutes, the sheriff is designated as chief correctional officer of the county correctional system....

correctional officer of the county correctional system. § 951.061(1), Fla. Stat. (Supp.1986).

...Florida’s correctional system, which is made up of all prisons and other correctional institutions, is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections, see § 944.02(2), Fla. Stat. (2011), while county *424 detention facilities are locally controlled and operated by the sheriff. See § 951.061, Fla....

that position. See id. at § 951.061(1). This was not the case until § 951.061 was enacted in .1986; before

...ounty? 5) May a county jail or county detention facility refuse prisoners delivered to it by municipalities or special districts in that county? 6) If the county sheriff has not been designated as chief correctional officer of the county pursuant to section 951.061 , Florida Statutes, may the county commission designate another chief correctional officer without consultation with the sheriff? In sum: 1) The statutes contemplate that a county will provide jail or detention facilities within the c...

...14 I am not aware of any provision which mandates that the sheriff operate the county jail. In fact, recently the court in Feldman v. Brescher 15 held that a sheriff has no inherent or constitutional duty to maintain the county jail, and stated that until the enactment of section 951.061 , Florida Statutes, no Florida statute authorized the sheriff to maintain the county jail. Section 951.06 , Florida Statutes, provides that the county commission shall designate a chief correctional officer. Pursuant to section 951.061 , Florida Statutes, the county commission may designate the sheriff as the chief correctional officer. An examination of the legislative history surrounding the enactment of section 951.061 , Florida Statutes, does not indicate an intent to limit the designation of the chief correctional officer to that of the sheriff....