23-32-B, SUPERSEDES 11-29-B IN RE: CRIMINAL - STANDARDIZED BREVARD COUNTY PROBABLE CAUSE AFFIDAVIT - ORDERED 8/29/2023 BY CHARLES G. CRAWFORD
WHEREAS Florida Rules of Judicial Administration 2.215 states that the chief judge “shall exercise administrative supervision over all judges and court personnel within the judicial circuit;” “the chief judge may enter and sign administrative orders;” and “the chief judge shall have the authority to require that all judges of the court, other court officers, and court personnel comply with all court and judicial branch policies, administrative orders, procedures and administrative plans;” and WHEREAS, the Sheriff and municipal law enforcement agencies in Brevard County have historically used a standard probable cause affidavit which was at one time provided by the Clerk of the Court, but have now become the financial responsibility of each law enforcement agency; and WHEREAS, Brevard County law enforcement agencies are generating forms through their computer systems; and WHEREAS, standardization of Brevard County’s Probable Cause Affidavit will improve efficiency, effectiveness, statistical information and sharing of information among various state, county and municipal agencies; and WHEREAS, standardization of Brevard County’s Probable Cause Affidavit will avoid inefficiency, court-related costs, labor hours, redundancy, data entry, booking, and clerical mistakes.
IT IS ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the Standard Probable Cause Affidavit attached hereto as Attachment “A,” which shall include a designation of “Confidential Crime Victim Information” when required under Florida Rules of Judicial Administration 2.420 and 2.423, is hereby adopted for use by all law enforcement agencies within Brevard County. Said Probable Cause Affidavit is required to maintain the same basic format in the inclusion and presentation of information to the court in all criminal cases and to the Brevard County Jail Complex in arrest cases; shall assign appropriate bail amounts pursuant to AO 18-21-B; and statutes derived from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Arrest Statute Table.
DONE AND ORDERED, this 29th day of August 2023