Any time delay wouldn't really affect much, and doesn't make much logical sense.
It isn't just the delay, it is the release of data at all. Florida police departments have websites where all arrests are listed, and even email lists where reporters get the daily list of new arrests. Getting any information from police many other states is difficult, and reportedly in Florida the data is not just available for the asking, it is actively disseminated.
https://www.tcpalm.com/story/o...
Why is 'Florida Man' a thing, when 'Pennsylvania Man' (or Iowa Man or Ohio Man) isn't?
Gil Smart
March 25, 2019
"...Florida has one of the most robust public records laws in the nation. Documents, photos, even videos created by a public agency are readily available — with some notable exceptions (and here I'm thinking of the video of New England Patriots' owner Robert Kraft in that massage parlor).
Police agencies routinely make all this available to the media. I was added to the distribution list for one local police agency without even asking to be; now I get daily arrest reports via email.
Let me tell you how this process often worked in Pennsylvania:
Reporter: Officer, can I get a copy of the arrest report?
Officer: No.
Well, OK, it wasn't quite that blatant. But Pennsylvania's open records laws permit law enforcement to withhold information if it's considered a record of a criminal investigation. And that was often the rationale: We can't give you the arrest report because... it's part of the investigation...."