38. Florida Police Chiefs Association Executive Director, Amy Mercer

Fluent in Floridian · Jul 24, 2018 · 28m

It isn't often someone can go from executive assistant to executive director, but since starting with the Florida Police Chiefs Association in 1999, that's exactly what Amy Mercer has done. As executive director of one of the largest policing association in the country, Amy is on the cutting edge of police technology and technique, but the job has continued to develop new challenges over the nearly two-decades.

Mercer is fluent in Floridian. One of the hardest parts of her job is addressing the negative glare cast on law enforcement by a select few. Mercer says, "I know the type of commitment…