With an interest in maintaining the quality of police management in Florida, the Florida Police Chiefs Association (FPCA), along with it’s Foundation has positioned itself as an obvious partner to assist municipalities across the State of Florida in the search for the right individual to lead their police departments.

The FPCA will undertake, on behalf of contracted Florida municipalities, the advertising and screening process for the position of Chief of Police and other top police executive positions to include Deputy Assistant or designated second in command positions within the Police Department.  The Executive Search will be designed to meet your needs. You will have a variety of services to choose from that include advertisement, screening of applicants, examination processes, reference checks, and recommendations for appointment to include salary and benefit advisement.

The principal contact for FPCA’s Executive Search Program is Amy Mercer, Executive Director.  Consultant staff will be selected from a field of professional colleagues (Chiefs of Police and Retired Chiefs of Police), from across the State.  This contracting service will be conducted on a timely schedule and in accordance with standards for the service.

Summary of Services Offered:

Advertising

Included in this effort will be advertisements for the position.   Initially, a recruitment announcement will be sent to every FPCA member, 750+. Additionally, the advertisement will be placed on various Law Enforcement Organizations websites including National and State organizations.  Advertisements will also be placed in the FPCA Newsletter if publication is timely.

Screening,

Interview and Examination

Upon entering a contract, the FPCA will then perform a resume review and narrow down the applicants to any number proposed by the client municipality. FPCA continues their support with Oral Examination preparation and production of evaluation forms. FPCA Review Board members are selected to assist in conducting the Oral Interview and possible assessment exercises. After evaluating and scoring the exercise, the FPCA will coordinate arrangements to meet with the municipality representatives to present the search/evaluation results and answer questions.

Oral Testing Services

FPCA along with its Foundation also provides oral testing services for other top-level officers and promotional interviews, up to and including Chiefs interviews. FPCA oral interviews are board-style with three senior members of the Association asking a series of questions, written expressly for the department in question. Other assessment exercises agreed upon by contract will be provided by FPCA staff members and outside contractors.

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For additional information, contact:

Amy Mercer

Executive Director, FPCA

924 North Gadsden Street

Tallahassee, FL 32303

phone: 800-332-8117

fax: 850-219-3640

www.fpca.com