Fla. Stat. § 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.

History.—s. 1, ch. 2023-282.