Terms Used In Florida Statutes 925.055

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.

(1) State and local law enforcement agencies which receive investigative and evidence funds from their budgetary authority or which receive special law enforcement trust funds for complex or protracted investigations shall adopt policies which provide for accountability of the expenditures of such funds.
(2) The policies of local law enforcement agencies must provide for an annual financial audit to be performed in conformity with generally accepted government accounting principles. Local and state law enforcement agencies are not required to reveal to the auditors the names of confidential informants, and the audit report may not include information exempted in s. 119.07. The names of confidential informants are confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1).