11I-1.012. Standards of Disciplinary Action

The following Standards of Disciplinary Action attached as Appendix “A” and incorporated herein have been established as a guide for use by supervisors to help ensure that all employees receive similar treatment in like circumstances. Realizing that some of the offenses and deficiencies listed will be more serious and more frequent in certain cases, the supervisor taking the disciplinary action shall utilize good judgment in light of all available facts in each case.

The philosophy to be utilized is that of progressive and cumulative discipline. In determining the severity of discipline to be applied, the supervisor should take into account the following variables:

(1) The severity of the disciplinary violation.

(2) The circumstances in which the violation occurred.

(3) The consequences of the employee’s actions in regard to its effects on the Department's assigned mission, on the State of Florida, and on other employees.

(4) The overall work record of the employee.

(5) If this is not a first offense for the employee, the length of time since earlier disciplinary actions, the similarity or dissimilarity of offense, and the severity of earlier offenses shall be considered.

(6) Other factors may be considered as appropriate.

Appendix A

Standards of Disciplinary Action:

As stated in these Standards of Disciplinary Action, whenever a standard includes Suspension or Dismissal, said penalty includes all lesser penalties including demotions and reduction in pay.

Offense	First Time	Second Time	Third Time
(1) Unbecoming Conduct	Written Reprimand or Up to	Up to 30 days Suspension or	Dismissal
	30 days Suspension or	Dismissal
	Dismissal
(2) Violation of Law or Rules	Oral or Written	Up to 30 days	Up to 30 days Suspension
	Reprimand or up to 30	Suspension or Dismissal	or Dismissal
	days Suspension or
	Dismissal
(3) Abuse of Position	Written Reprimand or	Up to 30 days	Dismissal
	up to 30 days	Suspension or Dismissal
	Suspension or Dismissal
(a) Soliciting or Accepting a	Written Reprimand or	Up to 30 days	Dismissal
Gift, Gratuity, etc.	up to 30 days	Suspension or Dismissal
	Suspension or Dismissal
(4) Failure to Perform a Lawful	Oral or Written	Written Reprimand or	Dismissal
Duty or Neglect of Duty	Reprimand or up to 30	up to 30 days
	days Suspension or	Suspension or Dismissal
	Dismissal
(5) Insubordination	Up to 10 days	Up to 30 days	Dismissal
	Suspension or Dismissal	Suspension or Dismissal
(6) Excessive Tardiness	Oral or Written	Written Reprimand or	Dismissal
	Reprimand	up to 10 days Suspension
(7) Abuse of Leave	Oral or Written	Written Reprimand or	Dismissal
	Reprimand	up to 30 days
		Suspension or Dismissal
(8) Falsification of Records	Dismissal	Dismissal	Dismissal
(9) Willful Failure to Submit	Up to 30 days	Dismissal
Report that Department	Suspension
Member is Under Investigation
by Any Criminal Justice
Agency
(10)(a) Alcohol* Abuse	Written Reprimand or	Up to 30 days	Dismissal
	up to 10 days Suspension	Suspension or Dismissal
(10)(b) Drug Abuse	Up to 10 days	Up to 30 days	Dismissal
	Suspension or Dismissal	Suspension or Dismissal
(11) Unauthorized Use of	Written Reprimand or	Up to 30 days	Dismissal
Name, Photograph, and	up to 10 days Suspension	Suspension or Dismissal
Department Identification
(12) Negligence	Oral or Written	Written Reprimand or	Dismissal
	Reprimand or up to 30	up to 30 days
	days Suspension or Dismissal	Suspension or Dismissal
(13) Improper Political Activity	Oral or Written	Written Reprimand or up to 30	Dismissal
	Reprimand	days Suspension or dismissal
(14) Failure to Carry Proper	Oral or Written	Written Reprimand or	Up to 30 days Suspension
Identification	Reprimand	up to 10 days Suspension	or Dismissal
(15) Failure to Properly Identify	Written Reprimand or	Up to 30 days	Dismissal
Oneself	up to 10 days Suspension	Suspension
(16) Divulging Confidential	Up to 30 days	Dismissal
Information, or Unauthorized	Suspension or Dismissal
Dissemination
(17) Failure to Secure or Care	Oral or	Up to 30 days	Up to 30 days Suspension
for State Property, Including	Written Reprimand or up	Suspension	or Dismissal
Official Vehicles	to 10 days Suspension
(18) Failure to Promptly Report	Oral Reprimand or	Written Reprimand or	Up to 30 days Suspension
Revocation or Suspension of	Written Reprimand	up to 10 days	or Dismissal
Driver’s License		Suspension
(19) Unlawful or Careless Use	Written Reprimand or up to 30	Up to 30 days	Dismissal
or Display of a Weapon	days Suspension or Dismissal	Suspension or dismissal
(20) Failure to Inventory,	Oral or Written Reprimand or	Written Reprimand or up to 30	Dismissal
Process, and Reasonably Care	up to 30 days Suspension or	days Suspension or Dismissal
for Recovered or Seized	Dismissal
Property, or Conversion, etc., or
any Property or Evidence
(21) Failure to Give Truthful or	Written Reprimand or up to 30	Up to 30 days	Dismissal
Requested Information During	days Suspension or Dismissal	Suspension or Dismissal
Internal Investigation
(22) Sexual Harassment	Written Reprimand or up to 30	Up to 30 days
	days Suspension or Dismissal	Suspension or Dismissal
	Dismissal
(23) Substandard Work	Oral or Written	Written Reprimand or	Up to 30 days Suspension
	Reprimand	up to 10 days	or Dismissal
		Suspension

* In the case of a person who may be alcoholic, the State’s policy on counseling of alcoholics shall be utilized.

Rulemaking Authority 110.227(2), 943.03(3) FS. Law Implemented 110.227(1) FS. History–New 7-8-82, Formerly 11I-1.12.