E.P. v. State

The adjudication of delinquency for the offense of battery on a law enforcement officer, under Section 784.07(l)(a), (2), Florida Statutes (1983), is affirmed upon a holding that a security officer employed by the Dade County School Board is a law enforcement officer within the meaning of the above-stated statute. We reach this conclusion based on the following, briefly stated, legal analysis.

First, a law enforcement officer, as defined under Section 784.07(l)(a), Florida Statutes (1983), includes those persons who fall within the generic class of law enforcement officers; for guidance in…