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Chief Patrick Lynn
Returns to Lead

Fort Lauderdale Police Department

ort Lauderdale City Manager Chris Lagerbloom Chief Lynn brings 35 years of
announced in late March the appointment of Chief Patrick law enforcement experience.
FLynn as the new Chief of Police for the Fort Lauderdale He began his law
Police Department effective Monday, April 4, 2022. enforcement career as a
patrol officer with the City of
This is a return to the department for Lynn, who served as
Pembroke Pines Police
Interim Chief in 2021. “Chief Lynn was a stabilizing figure
Department in 1982 and
last year during a period of transition for this department,“
rose through the ranks before
Lagerbloom said. “He has the respect and support of the
retiring as the city’s Deputy
command staff and the rank and file. I reached out and asked
Chief in 2007. Following his
if he’d be willing to come out of retirement, and thankfully, he
retirement from Pembroke
said yes.”
Pines, Chief Lynn served as
“Fort Lauderdale PD is an excellent department with excellent the Police Chief for the Town
people. For me, it’s an honor to have the opportunity to serve of Davie Police Department
with them,” Lynn said. from 2007 to 2017.
Chief Lynn’s career includes
extensive experience in
operations, investigations, and
the administration of
technologically innovative,
community-oriented police
agencies. Some of his
accomplishments include revamping
department hiring and Internal Affairs
processes to ensure compliance with state statutes, increasing
minority recruitment and hiring community-focused personnel,
initiating and completing the construction of a $2.5 million
training facility/firearms range to eliminate overtime expenses
associated with training and range leasing costs, and
establishing a full-time domestic violence investigations
position to ensure that all reports of domestic violence are
documented and investigated.
Chief Lynn holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in public
administration from Florida Atlantic University. He is also a
graduate of the 210th Session of the FBI National Academy
and the Southern Police Institute Command Officers Course. In
addition, Chief Lynn served as the President of the Broward
County Chiefs of Police Association and Chairman of the High
Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, South Florida Money
Laundering Task Force Steering Committee. HB

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