Current through the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 166.0494 - Chiefs of police; termination(1) A municipality may not terminate a chief of police without providing the chief of police written notice of his or her termination.(2) After providing a chief of police written notice of his or her termination, a municipality must allow the chief of police to appear at the next regularly scheduled public meeting of the governing body of the municipality and provide a full and complete response to his or her termination at the meeting.(3) An employment contract between a municipality and a chief of police may not waive or modify the requirements of this section or include a nondisclosure clause that prohibits a chief of police from responding to his or her termination as authorized by this section.Added by 2023 Fla. Laws, ch. 282,s 1, eff. 7/1/2023.