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Hallandale Beach police chief to resign in fall
HALLANDALE BEACH — Police Chief Dwayne Flournoy plans to resign at the end of September, ending a sevenyear reign that saw the agency become one of the first in South Florida to embrace body cameras.
Flournoy, 51, joined the department more than 29 years ago and rose through the ranks. He became the city’s top cop in 2011 and quickly earned a reputation as a hands-on chief.
“I have a tremendous emotional attachment to that job,” Flournoy said. “I came there as a young man. My entire adult life has been spent there. It was more than a job to me.”
In his resignation letter, Flournoy says he has found himself at a crossroads as his career reached “its natural conclusion.”
Flournoy’s tenure as chief was not without controversy.
In 2015, he survived an attack by a union attorney who accused him of being unfit for duty. At the time, Flournoy described the attack as a personal vendetta.
Flournoy was not encouraged to resign, City Manager Roger Carlton said Friday.
“I think I’m leaving a department that is constantly improving,” said Flournoy, who oversees 101 full-time officers and six part-timers. “This transition is just another adjustment [for the agency].”
Flournoy told the Sun Sentinel he does not have another job lined up, but plans to spend more time with his two teenage daughters and run more half-marathons.
In a memo to the commission Friday, Carlton said he plans to conduct a national search for a new chief but is also encouraging internal ap-
plicants to apply.
If a new chief is hired before Sept. 30, Flournoy will remain onboard, serving the remainder of his employment with the city as a consultant to the city manager, the memo says.
“I want to applaud chief Flournoy for his long career with the city,” Carlton said.