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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) is a Florida government
Government of Florida

The Government of the State of Florida is established and operated according to the Florida Constitution. The Florida is a democratic constitutional republic....
 agency
Government agency

A government agency is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an intelligence agency....
. The department is charged with overseeing state law enforcement agencies
List of law enforcement agencies in Florida

This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Florida....
.

The Florida Legislature
Florida Legislature

The Florida Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida. The Florida Constitution mandates a bicameral state legislature with an upper house Florida Senate of 40 members and a lower house Florida House of Representatives of 120 members....
 merged the responsibilities of several state criminal justice organizations to create the Bureau of Law Enforcement in 1967. The Bureau began with 94 positions, headed by a Commissioner who reported to the Governor, certain Cabinet
Florida Cabinet

The Florida Cabinet is a body of the government of Florida that engages in collective governance of the state. Created following Reconstruction era of the United States, when there had been distrust of the military governors appointed by the federal government, it was designed to decentralize authority from the Governor of Florida....
 members, two sheriff
Sheriff

A sheriff is in principle a legal official with responsibility for a county. In practice, the specific combination of legal, political, and ceremonial duties of a sheriff varies greatly from country to country....
s, and one chief of police
Chief of police

Chief of Police, also written as police chief or shortened to just chief in the police department is the title typically given to the head of a police department, particularly in North America....
. In July 1969, after government restructuring, the Bureau adopted its current name, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

FDLE is now headed by a Commissioner appointed by the Governor and approved by the Cabinet.






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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) is a Florida government
Government of Florida

The Government of the State of Florida is established and operated according to the Florida Constitution. The Florida is a democratic constitutional republic....
 agency
Government agency

A government agency is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an intelligence agency....
. The department is charged with overseeing state law enforcement agencies
List of law enforcement agencies in Florida

This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Florida....
.

The Florida Legislature
Florida Legislature

The Florida Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida. The Florida Constitution mandates a bicameral state legislature with an upper house Florida Senate of 40 members and a lower house Florida House of Representatives of 120 members....
 merged the responsibilities of several state criminal justice organizations to create the Bureau of Law Enforcement in 1967. The Bureau began with 94 positions, headed by a Commissioner who reported to the Governor, certain Cabinet
Florida Cabinet

The Florida Cabinet is a body of the government of Florida that engages in collective governance of the state. Created following Reconstruction era of the United States, when there had been distrust of the military governors appointed by the federal government, it was designed to decentralize authority from the Governor of Florida....
 members, two sheriff
Sheriff

A sheriff is in principle a legal official with responsibility for a county. In practice, the specific combination of legal, political, and ceremonial duties of a sheriff varies greatly from country to country....
s, and one chief of police
Chief of police

Chief of Police, also written as police chief or shortened to just chief in the police department is the title typically given to the head of a police department, particularly in North America....
. In July 1969, after government restructuring, the Bureau adopted its current name, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

FDLE is now headed by a Commissioner appointed by the Governor and approved by the Cabinet. The Department is headquartered in Tallahassee, the state capital
State capital

In countries with federation constitutions divided into administrative division known as state , the state capital is the administrative center of a state....
, and has close to 2,000 employees statewide. The Department maintains seven Regional Operations Centers, 15 field offices and seven crime laboratories
Crime Lab

A crime laboratory - often shortened to crime lab - is a scientific laboratory, using primarily forensic science for the purpose of examining evidence from criminal cases....
. FDLE's "four fundamental values" are "service, integrity, respect, and quality." FDLE's five "program areas" are Executive Direction and Business, Support Program, Criminal Investigations and Forensic Science Program, Florida Capitol Police
Florida Capitol Police

The Florida Capitol Police is a uniformed police department in Tallahassee, Florida, Florida, in charge of security and law enforcement on the grounds of the Florida State Capitol and various other State governments of the United States buildings....
 Program, Criminal Justice Information Program, and Criminal Justice Professionalism Program.

FDLE is one of the few state law enforcement agencies in the country to have earned triple accreditation. FDLE is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies
Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies

The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies was created in 1979 as an independent accrediting authority by the four major law enforcement membership associations:...
, the American Society of Crime Lab Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board, and the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation.