Lt. Jeffrey Katz

Lt. Jeffrey Katz started his law enforcement career in 1989 with the Plantation Police Department as a Police Cadet. Lt. Katz was eventually hired by Plantation as a Community Service Officer assigned to Communications. In 1994, Lt. Katz was hired by the City of Parkland Public Safety Department as both a full-time police officer and a professional fire fighter. He joined the Boynton Beach Police Department in 1998.

Since joining the B.B.P.D, Lt. Katz has served as a road patrol officer, recruiter, background investigator and high liability instructor. He was promoted to sergeant in 2001. Initially, he supervised a squad of officers on the road. Lt. Katz was transferred to a variety of positions between 2002 and 2004; serving as the Special Services Sergeant (who is responsible for the department's K-9 corps, marine unit, crime prevention unit, police athletic league, and special events coordination). He also served as the Executive Officer to the Patrol Division Commander and even spent some time revamping operations in the department's Records Unit. In 2004, Lt. Katz was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant whereupon he served as a Watch Commander in Uniform Services.

In August of 2005, he was tapped by incoming Police Chief G. Matthew Immler to serve as the department's Chief of Staff. In this capacity, Lt. Katz is responsible for the following areas: training, recruiting, internal affairs, media relations, grant procurement, agency accreditation, staff inspections, promotional assessments, public records fulfillment and grievance coordination. Lt. Katz also spent several years managing the department's hostage negotiation team.

Lt. Katz is a summa cum laude graduate of both Saint Leo University, (where he earned his B.A. in Criminal Justice) and the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business at Nova Southeastern University (where he earned his M.S. in Leadership). Lt. Katz is a graduate of the Southern Police Institute's Command Officer Development Course and he holds an Executive Certificate in Leadership and Management from the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business. Lt. Katz is also an executive education alumni of Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and he is currently pursuing his doctorate in Organizational Psychology through Walden University.

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