Florida Florida Statutes
§ 166.0494 — Chiefs of police; termination
FS § 166.0494Ch. 166
Statute text
View on source(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.
Legislative history
s. 1, ch. 2023-282.