A Message from the President . . .

Welcome to the website of the FDLE Agents Association.  The FDLE Agents Association, a Chapter of the Florida Police Benevolent Association is the lawful collective bargaining agent and legal representative of the Special Agents of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

The men and women who make up the ranks of the FDLE Special Agent are among the most highly experienced criminal investigators in the country. Florida's unique population diversity, geographic location and constant weather provide a base for law enforcement missions which have afforded these Special Agents the opportunity to enhance their investigative expertise well above the average of a comparable State Police Agent in the US.

 The FDLE Agents Association lobby’s extensively on behalf of the FDLE Special Agents on administrative and legal issues relative to the betterment of the career of the FDLE Special Agent.  We maintain a PAC fund and enjoy a professional working relationship with many of Florida’s lawmakers.  We negotiate contracts on working conditions and intervene in administrative actions directed towards members.  We provide legal representation in the administrative, civil and criminal arena to our members in relation to their function as a State Police Special Agent.  In addition to the several Hundred Sworn Special Agents of FDLE that we represent, we are honored to include in our membership, Investigators from FDLE’s Public Assistance Fraud Units as well as FDLE Criminal Intelligence Analyst. 

We hope your visit to this website is both inspiring and informative.  Please feel free to utilize the numerous links to our liberal public records databases and don’t hesitate to contact a representative of this organization if we can ever be of assistance to you.
  
Telly Sands
President
FDLE Agents Association

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The History of the FDLE . . .

The Dept. of Law Enforcement was created in 1967 as the Bureau of Law Enforcement, combining the Florida Sheriff's Bureau, the State Board of Health's Narcotics Bureau, and the criminal law investigative duties of the Attorney General. The Bureau became the Dept. of Law Enforcement in 1969; was reorganized in 1974 as the Florida Dept. of Criminal Law Enforcement. It was renamed the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) in 1978.

The Department conducts investigations into the execution and enforcement of laws relating but not limited to organized crime, racketeering, vice, narcotics, fraud, rioting or inciting to riot, and insurrection. It investigates the misconduct of public officials and employees and members of public authorities that are subject to removal or suspension by the Governor. It is a primary participant in the Joint Terrorism Task Force in conjunction with local and Federal agencies. It is responsible for the Security and protection of the Florida Governor and the first family. In addition to it’s State Police functions, it maintains a Criminal Justice Information System that records and transmits valuable information on criminals for use by government agencies. It has a Forensic Laboratory division that is ranked among the highest in the country. It provides investigative support for local and state law enforcement agencies, certifies training schools, and sets standards for criminal justice enforcement officers.