TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A 2012 internal investigation released this week to The Associated Press after a records request found that 48 Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services employees made mistakes while issuing concealed weapons permits and armed security guard or similar licenses.
One employee resigned, one was fired and others were suspended or reprimanded. The review found three approved licenses that needed to be revoked.
Department Commissioner Adam Putnam, a Republican candidate for governor, was criticized last month after acknowledging that the agency revoked 291 permits awarded in 2016 and 2017 and fired an employee last year.
The department said it put safeguards in place to prevent future errors. Still, an employee was fired in 2017 after failing to complete a national criminal background check before issuing concealed weapons permits.
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