The Florida Criminal Justice Standards & Training Commission (CJSTC), established in 1967 under Florida Statutes, Chapter 943, is a Florida state commission. The Commission's mission is "To ensure that all citizens of Florida are served by criminal justice officers who are ethical, qualified, and well-trained."^[3] It is part of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

The Commission's mission is "To ensure that all citizens of Florida are served by criminal justice officers who are ethical, qualified, and well-trained."^[3] It has a number of primary responsibilities. One of them is to establish minimum standards for the hiring and training of law enforcement and correctional officers.^[4] A second responsibility is to certify officers.^[5] A third responsibility is to review and administer administrative sanctions where there is a violation of Florida Statutes and Commission standards.^[6][7] A fourth responsibility it to maintain records of all certified officers.^[3][8][9]

The Commission has the power to investigate and sanction officers for misconduct, as it can revoke an officer's certification, enforce compliance through injunctive relief and civil fines, and adopt rules for discipline.^[10][11] The Commission oversees an officer's discipline if an internal affairs investigation finds that a moral character violation took place, which includes among other infractions excessive use of force, any felony and certain misdemeanors involving dishonesty (regardless of criminal prosecution), participating in sexual conduct while on duty, making false statements during one's job application, and making false statements in a court proceeding.^[12][13][14]  De-certification takes place when the Commission issues a Final Order in a case.^[15] If a matter goes to arbitration and an arbitrator finds that alleged misconduct never occurred, the Commission cannot proceed with decertification, but if the arbitrator finds that the misconduct did in fact occur—but considers termination to be too severe a penalty—the Commission can still decertify the person.^[16]

The Commission has 19 members. They consist of three sheriffs, three chiefs of police, five law enforcement officers who are ranked sergeant or below, one person in charge of a county correctional institution, two correctional officers, one training center director, one Florida resident who does not fall into any of the preceding categories, the Florida Attorney General or proxy, the Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections or proxy, and the Director of the Florida Highway Patrol.^[3][33][34]

• National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals, created to advise on how to improve state criminal justice agencies.
• Police officer certification and licensure in the United States