Florida Administrative Code › 60 - DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT SERVICES › 60FF - Technology Program › Chapter 60FF-4 - FLORIDA STATEWIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT RADIO SYSTEM › Section 60FF-4.001 - Purpose; Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) The purpose of
				this rule chapter is to establish procedures to allow public safety entities,
				as defined herein, to use the Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS).
				Such use benefits State Law Enforcement and SLERS Partners and facilitates the
				efficient use of radio spectrum.
(2) The following terms are defined:
(a) Contractor - Entity under contract with
				the Department of Management Services (the Department) to provide the Statewide
				Law Enforcement Radio System.
(b)
				Encryption - Cryptographic transformation of data ("plaintext") into a form
				("cipher-text") that conceals the data's original meaning to prevent it from
				being known or used by unauthorized persons.
(c) First Responder - State, local and
				federal law enforcement, fire service and emergency medical agencies.
(d) Interoperability - A communication link
				within public safety and public service wireless communications systems which
				permits users from different entities to interact with one another and to
				exchange information in order to more effectively carry out their assigned
				missions.
(e) Interoperability Talk
				Groups - Talk groups established in the radio system for interagency
				communications within the Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System.
(f) Joint Task Force on State Agency Law
				Enforcement Communications - The board established in Section
				 282.1095, F.S., to advise the
				Department on the planning, designing, and establishment of SLERS.
(g) Joint Task Force (JTF) Agency - State law
				enforcement entities which are members of the Joint Task Force pursuant to
				Joint Task Force Board approval of applicants' implementation plans and
				applicants' acceptance of Board policies and standard operating
				procedures.
(h) MHz - Megahertz, or
				millions of cycles per second (a measure of radio frequency or
				channel).
(i) Security Manager -
				The individual appointed by the Joint Task Force on State Agency Law
				Enforcement Communications to be responsible for the security of the Statewide
				Law Enforcement Radio System, as well as any Alternate Security Manager or
				Deputy Security Manager appointed by the Joint Task Force on State Agency Law
				Enforcement Communications.
(j)
				Special Conditions - Any terms and conditions in the SLERS Partner Application
				and Agreement (Form No.DMS-SLERS-1, incorporated by reference in subsection
				60FF-4.003(1), F.A.C.) for access to the Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System
				or written approval of application included to mitigate the impact of the SLERS
				Partner's usage on other SLERS users.
(k) State Law Enforcement - Law enforcement
				agencies of state agencies and state universities.
(l) System Key - An electronic code applied
				to every radio in the radio system which prevents unauthorized radios from
				accessing the system.
(m) System
				Manager - The individual charged by the Department of Management Services with
				responsibility to manage the contract for the Statewide Law Enforcement Radio
				System and services.
(n) Talk Group
				- A logical grouping of radio users as defined in the radio system programming
				that can communicate together; a radio net.