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Fla. Stat. § 843.025 (2025)

Depriving officer of means of protection or communication.

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843.025 Depriving officer of means of protection or communication.—

(1) It is unlawful for any person to do any of the following to a law enforcement officer as defined in s. 943.10(1), a correctional officer as defined in s. 943.10(2), or a correctional probation officer as defined in s. 943.10(3):

(a) Deprive the officer of her or his weapon or radio; digital recording device, including a body camera as defined in s. 943.1718(1); or restraint device, including handcuffs, or to otherwise deprive the officer of the means to defend herself or himself or summon assistance.

(b) Render useless the officer’s weapon or radio; digital recording device, including a body camera as defined in s. 943.1718(1); or restraint device, including handcuffs, or to otherwise prevent the officer from defending herself or himself or summoning assistance.

(2) Any person who violates this section commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History.—s. 2, ch. 84-187; s. 2, ch. 92-52; s. 1335, ch. 97-102; s. 6, ch. 2025-176.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 843.025

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd

§843.025OBSTRUCT POLICEDEPRIVE OF MEANS PROTECTION OR COMMUNICATIONF · 3rd

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 15 cases, 1991–2016 · leading case: John Coffin v. Stacy Brandau, 642 F.3d 999 (11th Cir. 2011).

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John Coffin v. Stacy Brandau, 642 F.3d 999 (11th Cir. 2011). · cites it 2× “054 ; and depriving an officer of means of protection or communication under Fla. Stat. Ann. § 843.025 . Because the Deputies lacked a warrant for Mr.”

In re Stand. Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases-Report No. 2012-04, 131 So. 3d 720 (Fla. 2013). · cites it 2× “13 DEPRIVING AN OFFICER OF MEANS OF [PROTECTION] [COMMUNICATION] § 843.025, Fla. Stat. To prove the crime of Depriving an Officer of Means of [Protection] [Communication], the State must prove the following two elements beyond a reasonable doubt: *748 1.”

Nicor Int'l Corp. v. El Paso Corp., 318 F. Supp. 2d 1160 (S.D. Fla. 2004). · cites it 2× “(unlawful possession of a concealed handcuff key); § 843.025, Fla. Stat. (depriving officer of a means of protection or communication); § 843.”

Coffin v. Brandau, 609 F.3d 1204 (11th Cir. 2010). “054 ; and depriving an officer of means of protection or communication under Fla. Stat. § 843.025 . Because the Deputies lacked a warrant for Mr.”

Coffin v. Brandau, 597 F.3d 1205 (11th Cir. 2010). “054 ; and depriving an officer of means of protection or communication under Fla. Stat. § 843.025 . Because the Deputies lacked a warrant for Mr.”

Johnny James Tims v. State of Florida, 204 So. 3d 536 (Fla. 1st DCA 2016). “07(2)(b); Count III alleged depriving an officer of a means of protection (the flashlight), in violation of section 843.025; and Count IV alleged battery—for the underlying domestic violence that led the officers to Tims’s home in the *538 first place.”

Turner v. State, 901 So. 2d 233 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005). · cites it 2× “The trial court found that between the commission of the two offenses, Turner had time to change his clothes, apparently after the dye pack activated, and he also had time to hide the money in the console of the vehicle.”

Coffin v. Brandau, 614 F.3d 1240 (11th Cir. 2010). “054 ; and depriving an officer of means of protection or communication under Fla. Stat. § 843.025 . Because the Deputies lacked a warrant for Mr.”

Strattan v. State, 775 So. 2d 422 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001). · cites it 4× “” § 843.025, Fla.Stat. (1997). The motion for judgment of acquittal should have been granted as to this charge.”

Rodriguez v. State, 931 So. 2d 991 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006). · cites it 4× “Section 843.025, Florida Statutes (2004), entitled "Depriving officer of means of protection or communication" states: It is unlawful for any person to deprive a law enforcement officer as defined in s.”

Alfonza Spears v. State of Florida, 152 So. 3d 731 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014). · cites it 2× “Furthermore, because the jury was not instructed that depriving an officer of a means of protection or communication was a strict liability crime, we do not address appellant’s claim, which was raised for the first time on appeal, that section 843.025, Florida Statutes (2011),…”

Chambers v. State, 579 So. 2d 408 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991). · cites it 2× “02, Florida Statutes, resisting arrest without violence, a second-degree misdemeanor; and section 843.025, Florida Statutes, depriving an officer of means of protection, a third-degree felony.”

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