Short v. Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice, Standards & Training Commission

SHIVERS, Judge.

This appeal is from an administrative order rejecting a hearing officer’s recommended penalty and revoking Appellant’s certification as a law enforcement officer. We reverse and remand to the hearing officer for reconsideration with instructions that his recommended penalty be adopted by Appellee.

Mack Short worked at the Florida State Prison as a correctional officer certified by the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission. In April 1987 the Department of Corrections began an investigation into possible marijuana use by a correctional officer named Carstens. A…