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Founded | 1893 |
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Type | Nonprofit |
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Origins | Tallahassee, FL |
Website | www.flsheriffs.org |
The Florida Sheriffs Association (FSA) is a non-profit professional association of Florida's 66 elected Sheriffs, along with approximately 3,500 business leaders and 70,000 citizens throughout the state. The FSA's mission is to enhance law enforcement through educational and charitable purposes within the state of Florida.
In 1893, Duval County Sheriff Napoleon B. Broward, who later served as governor of Florida, helped organize the Florida Sheriffs’ Mutual Benefit. In 1910, the Florida Sheriffs' Mutual Benefit Association changed names to become the Florida Sheriffs Association. Since then, FSA’s development of law enforcement, educational and charitable activities within the state, and engagement with citizens has helped transform it into one of the largest state law enforcement agencies in the nation. FSA has founded and helped organize a multitude of programs, including the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches, Florida Law Enforcement Academy, Florida Sheriffs Task Force, Florida Corrections Accreditation Commission, Cold Case Advisory Commission, the Teen Driver Challenge, and several others. Through the implementation of these programs FSA aims to unify Florida sheriffs in purpose and voice for the protection of Florida’s citizens and visitors.
FSA provides services such as training, special task forces and legislative and legal services to help improve Florida Sheriffs' Offices and the law-enforcement community. These include:
FSA is managed by a 17-member elected board of directors, all of whom are Sheriffs. The corporation is managed by a board of five officers and 12 other members, all of whom are sheriffs. To ensure statewide representation, active member Sheriffs in each of four divided districts nominate three directors from each district to comprise the 12-member board. The five officers are nominated from any of the four districts. The FSA’s current appointed executive director is Steve Casey.
Established in 2021, this program was created to support the Florida sheriffs’ offices in achieving and maintaining law enforcement accreditation from the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation (CFA). FSA Accreditation Coordinators assist these agencies with policy development and review, facilities inspections, and training required to meet accreditation standards
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The Florida Sheriffs Association is pleased to offer scholarships to children of sheriffs’ office full-time employees seeking degrees in the field of criminal justice or the STEM field. FSA will award ten scholarships valued at $2,000 per year for each category.
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