RICHARD E. PEREZ


Employment History:

2006 – Hired as Chief of Police for the City of Wilton Manors Police Department
1982 - Hired by Fort Lauderdale Police Department
1982 - Certified as Law Enforcement Officer
1990 - Promoted to Sergeant
1998 - Promoted to Captain

Education:

FBI National Academy session 222 September. 2005.
Senior Management Institute for Police at Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government 2003. Bachelor of Public Administration, Barry University 2003. Florida Executive Development Seminar FBI 1998.

Department Disciplinary Action:

None

Commendations:

Seventeen (17) Departmental Commendations; Seventy (70) Public Commendations; and FOP Lodge 31 Member of the Year 1990 and 2003.

Assignment within the Police Department:

Field Training Officer (FTO); Patrol Sergeant, S.P.U.; Beach Sergeant; Accreditation Manager; Operations Shift Commander; Captain in charge of Staff Support Division.


Public Offices Held:

Appointed to Board of Directors for KIDS In Distress July 2010, Appointed by Governor Charlie Crist to FDLE Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission August 2008. Elected Vice Chairman of Criminal Justice Standards & Training Commission May 2010. Executive Board of Directors (Vice President) of the Broward County Chiefs of Police Association January 2008- present; Commissioner – Florida Department of Law Enforcement Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission 1994 – 1998 (Appointed 1994 by Governor Lawton Chiles, Reappointed 1997 by Governor Lawton Chiles); Member FDLE CJS&T Subject Matter Experts Task Force 1997 to present; Chairman, National Fraternal Order of Police Health Care & Pension Committee 1997 – 1999; FOP Lodge 31 Executive Board Vice President 1986-1997; Chairman of Fort Lauderdale Police & Fire Retirement Board of Trustees 1992 to present; Member of Broward County Chiefs of Police Association Scholarship Committee and Joint Advisory Committee 2003 to present.

Military Service:

United States Air Force – Staff Sergeant – Security Police Division - Honorable Discharge - 1982.

Continuing Education:

2004- Executive Seminar for new Chiefs, Florida Police Chiefs Association; 2004 - Miami-Dade College Instructor Techniques Transition Course; 2002 - Florida State University Advanced Pension Funds; 1999 - Florida State University, Certified Public Pension Trustee; 1998 -The Southern Police Institute Internal Affairs Trends & Techniques; 1997 - Florida Police Accreditation Coalition Accreditation Manager Training; 1996 - BCC/CJII Instructor Techniques Course; 1991 - The Southern Police Institute Internal Affairs Investigations; 1990 - The Southern Police Institute Police Supervision; 1990 - Florida Internal University Center For Labor Advanced Arbitration;1990 - BCC/CJI Line Supervision 80 hour course.

Public Service:

Police Academy Instructor Broward Public Safety Institute. Coach for City of Sunrise Youth League – Baseball and Soccer; Board Member Broward County Chapter of MADD 1998 – 2000; Eucharistic Minister at All Saints Catholic Church in Sunrise, Florida.

Personal:

Married to Shawn McGrew Perez; 3 children - Eric, Patrick and Jenna.

Languages:

English, Spanish.


 

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