The Florida Sheriffs Research Institute
In 2019, the Florida Sheriffs Association established the Florida Sheriffs Research Institute to conduct comprehensive research on a variety of topics that affect public safety and our communities. The Institute is dedicated to serving Florida’s sheriffs through data collection, analysis and rigorous research without the influence of outside special interests. The Institute conducts comprehensive analysis on a broad range of criminal justice issues and legislation that will impact the sheriff’s budgets, personnel, legislative issues, and public safety with the goal of providing needed information to make data-driven, and informed decisions.
The work of the Institute is guided by a committee of sheriffs appointed by the current President of the Florida Sheriffs Association. Committee members are not directly involved in researching issues, but review and approve proposals before any research is conducted and then published.
Research Committee Members
Florida Sheriffs Research Institute Publications
- Building Stronger Safer Cities - Avoiding Dangerous Policy Off-Ramps to Secure Florida’s Future Success – April 2024
- Recruitment and Retention in Florida Sheriffs' Offices – 2023 & Beyond – August 2023
- U.S. Department of Justice Special Report: Criminal Victimization in the Largest U.S. States – March 2023
- The Prison Release Reoffender: Sentencing Repeat Offenders of Violent and Serious Crime in Florida – December 2021
- Police Response to Resistance: How Florida's Sheriffs React to Violent Encounters – November 2021
- Anatomy of a Homicide Project - September 2021
- Repeat Drug Offenders in Prison: Not Your Low-Level, Non-Violent Offender – April 2021
- Debunking the Myth that Drug Offenders in State Prison are “Non-Violent” Low Level Offenders – February 2020
- Truth in Sentencing Report -- January 2020
