Rodney Brimlow, CPM, MATS, PLDA

Experience

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  Broward Sheriff's Office (BSO)

  Sept 1995 - Aug 2021

  Broward Sheriff's Office Captain. Managed a $26.5M budget and 151 staff members. Oversaw operations in a 16 square-mile jurisdiction with over 80k residents, 50k daily visitors, and handling over 60K annual service calls. Planned and built the first medium-sized city Real-Time Crime Center in Broward County. Consistently reduced crime rate and increased community safety, year over year. Expanded youth leadership and job-training programs. Created community-business co-ops to ensure food, supplies, and educational opportunities were available throughout the community during COVID. Show less Executive Lieutenant. Oversaw a $18M budget and 134 staff, managing operations in a 426 square-mile jurisdiction with 70k residents and 15k daily visitors. Assisted with major political transition to ensure high quality service to communities throughout the county. Initiated projects related to rural patrols, school safety, and a tactical burglary/violent criminal apprehension team. Developed staff encumbrance model for both fire rescue and law enforcement services for more efficient and effective resource allocation. Created liaison and communication engagement program with 103 homeowner’s associations throughout the city. Show less Oversaw and directed all aspects of state and national accreditation for a 6,000-person agency with a team of inspectors and analysts. Also functioned as Chief Staff Inspector for all law enforcement and administrative departments. Conducted administrative and operational audits, and ensured adherence to standards, regulations, policies, and procedures. Presented findings and potential mitigation/corrective plans to the Sheriff and ensured new directives were followed. Managed policy development for the agency. Show less Executive Administrative Sergeant. Assisted as executive staff supervisor for four majors across 13 cities and 16 commands, commanding 1,300 deputies and 850 administrative staff. Oversaw accountability, tactical and strategic intelligence, and operations analysis for law enforcement. Supervised countywide criminal intelligence and command administrative accountability. Special Projects Administrator for FCC fail-safe communications, traffic engineering, and fiber optic projects as well as various state and federally grant-funded initiatives. Created mobile identification project using biometric technologies for confirming in-field identifications. Show less Detective Sergeant, Countywide (4 years): supervised team of 18 investigating abuse, neglect, & sex crimes throughout the county, served on several multi-disciplinary teams, conducted trainings, performed audits throughout Florida; Tamarac (1 year): supervised team of 11 investigating property crimes, theft, battery, stalking, fraud/forgery, and other felonies. Patrol Sergeant/Supervisor (1 year, combined), City of Lauderdale Lakes, City of Tamarac. Supervised, evaluated, and directed squads of up to 18 patrol deputies, handling approximately 1,200 service calls per month. Analyzed crime patterns; resource allocation.Detective (3 years), Countywide: major crimes, sex crimes, special victims unit, family crimes. Approximately 15-20 new felony investigations per month. Created a coordinated multi-agency protocol for family crimes and abuse investigations.Deputy Sheriff (3 years), City of Dania Beach: Patrol Deputy, Gang Task Force, Community Policing Unit. Show less

  • Chief of Law Enforcement

    Jan 2019 - Aug 2021

  • Assistant Chief/Executive Officer

    Jun 2017 - Jan 2019

  • Assistant Chief/Executive Officer

    Jan 2013 - Jun 2017

  • Director of Staff Inspections/Manager of Law Enforcement Accreditation

    Dec 2011 - Jan 2013

  • Manager of Accountability, Operations Analysis, and Strategic Intelligence

    Jun 2007 - Dec 2011

  • Early Law Enforcement Career

    Sept 1995 - Jun 2007
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  Diocese Of Palm Beach

  Sept 2016 - now

  Deacon
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  City of Deerfield Beach

  Nov 2021 - now

  Manage eight divisions with over 400 employees, encompassing Police, Fire, Ocean Rescue, Park Rangers, Code Compliance, Parking, and Emergency Management for a diverse city of 88,000 residents. Develop and manage a budget of $80M, revenue generation of over $55M, and asset management exceeding $400M, while also overseeing all facets of the city's public safety infrastructure. Several programs/initiatives related to fire assessment fees, code fine amnesty, rescue transport fees, municipal construction projects, infrastructure, emergency management plans and training, trust funds for parks and safe-space developments in low-income areas of the city, policy development and review, and strategic planning.* Completed 10-Year Municipal Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP); Twenty-two major annual special events, including Independence Day Celebration with more than 80,000 visitors. * Key contributor on newly instituted Strategic Plan; Executive decision making and collaboration for process improvements across all municipal departments. Show less

  • City Manager

    Jan 2025 - now

  • Interim City Manager

    Nov 2024 - Jan 2025

  • Director, Office of Public Safety

    Nov 2021 - Nov 2024