3 hours ago Share Ocoee’s new police chief, Saima Plasencia, is the first female to step into the role and lead the organization.
There’s a new chief in town, and she’s making history as the first female police chief in the city of Ocoee.
Chief Saima Plasencia was promoted Friday, April 30. She had been the acting chief since the retirement of longtime Ocoee Police Chief Charles Brown in February.
Plasencia was among three internal candidates interviewed by the Florida Police Chief’s Association, and City Manager Robert Frank said she was the unanimous consensus of the seven-member interview panel.
Following the retirement of longtime Chief Charlie Brown, Ocoee City Manager Robert Frank has appointed Assistant Police Chief Saima Plasencia to the position of police chief. Three internal candidates applied for the job, and Frank reached out to the Florida Police Chiefs Association to assess each candidate’s executive police experience.
The panel comprised of six active Florida police chiefs and one retired chief forwarded a unanimous recommendation to the city manager for Plasencia.
Plasencia has been acting police chief since February and will assume the role of police chief immediately. She has more than 30 years of law-enforcement experience. She joined the Ocoee Police Department five years ago and previously worked at the Miami-Dade Police Department.