Elder Abuse Investigations

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute staff developed a course that can be taken via this website. The course is entitled “Elder Abuse Investigations.”  The successful completion of this course will satisfy the mandatory training requirement of §943.17926, Florida Statutes and Rule 11B-27.00212 (15), Florida Administrative Code.

The statute mandates that all law enforcement officers complete one-time training on identifying and investigating elder abuse and neglect. 

 Certified officers may be awarded one hour of training that can be applied toward the 40 hour mandatory retraining requirement.

Pursuant to Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission Technical Memorandum 2008-08, an officer who completes, or has completed, any of the programs or courses listed below at a Commission-certified training school, regardless of when the course was taken, will have met the requirement for Elder Abuse Investigations training. 

1. CMS Law Enforcement Basic Recruit Training Program number 224
2. Florida CMS Law Enforcement Basic Recruit Training Program number 1177
3. Traditional Correctional Cross-Over to CMS Law Enforcement Program number 1143
4. Correctional Officer Cross-Over to Florida CMS Law Enforcement Program number 1178
5. Traditional Correctional Probation Cross-Over to CMS Law Enforcement Program number 1157
6. Correctional Probation Officer Cross-Over to Florida CMS Law Enforcement Program number 1179
7. CMS Law Enforcement Auxiliary Officer Program number 1180
8. Crimes Against the Elderly advanced training course number 100.

 

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4


Please click on the following links for instructions and information on obtaining credit and to receive an official FDLE Training Certificate of Completion for each online training course:

Instructions Utilizing the FDLE Online Training Certificate System

Instructions to Receive Credit and FDLE Certificates of Completion via U.S. Mail
This Option Will No Longer Be Available After December 1, 2012
 

Important: FDLE will not release course content to agencies. This policy is the result of several civil and legal considerations.

Questions and concerns may be directed to the Bureau of Professional Development at 850.410.7373