{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-166.0494","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 166.0494","heading":"Chiefs of police; termination.","body":"(1) A municipality may not terminate a chief of police without providing the chief of police written notice of his or her termination.\n(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.\n(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.\nHistory.—s. 1, ch. 2023-282.","path":["CHAPTER 166 MUNICIPALITIES"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0100-0199/0166/0166.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:00:21Z","sha256":"8d352ae411a1e121aa0fab057ee4a492af4310b5ab0a09547f76cb45e6e7fdd2","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-166.0493","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-166.0495"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}