KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Kissimmee is one step closer to choosing a new permanent chief of police, a position that’s been empty since some high-ranking resignations last year.
The city has narrowed its search to two candidates — Clermont police Chief Charles “Chuck” Broadway and retired Orlando police Chief Orlando Rolón — who are now invited to take part in a second round of interviews, according to a news release.
The final choice lies with Kissimmee City Manager Mike Steigerwald, the release states. A decision is expected in the next few weeks, with Wilson Munoz serving as acting chief of police in the meantime, according to the city.
“This search is about more than finding a leader; it’s about ensuring the next chief will continue the work that Interim Chief Anzueto has begun,” Steigerwald said in a statement. “We are looking for someone who will lead with transparency, build on the momentum of reform and ensure that KPD remains a department that the community continues to trust and respect.”
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Broadway joined the Clermont Police Department in 2010 as a police captain and was appointed its permanent chief in December 2012, according to the Florida Police Chiefs Association. His career in law enforcement began in 1996 with the New York City Police Department, where he became a detective and later responded to Ground Zero to help with search and recovery efforts after the Sept. 11 attacks, the FPCA website states. Broadway relocated to Florida in 2002 to be closer to his family, working with the Gainesville Police Department until taking a job with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement in 2004.
Rolón stepped down as Orlando’s police chief in 2022, one week before his 30th anniversary since starting as an officer with the police department. Serving as chief for four years, Rolón took credit for reestablishing the Neighborhood Patrol Unit, developing a youth outreach program and creating a Real Time Crime Center to give officers access to cameras across the community for help with investigations.
Robert Anzueto has been Kissimmee’s interim police chief since Oct. 31, 2024, appointed following the resignations of Chief Betty Holland and Deputy Chief Camille Alicea after the Orange-Osceola State Attorney’s Office addressed concerns about the truthfulness and conduct among nearly a dozen officers. Prosecutors named 11 officers connected to an investigation of former Kissimmee police Officer Andrew Baseggio, who was indicted by an Osceola County grand jury of felony battery, misdemeanor battery, official misconduct, witness tampering and more in connection to a 2023 use of force case.
The city’s news release includes a letter from Anzueto which discusses “significant steps taken” to save face in the months since at the police department.
Referencing a grand jury’s recommendations for Kissimmee police in the investigation’s wake, the list of of these “key steps” includes the evaluation of command staff and review of the vacant deputy chief position, updates to training and policy such as a new mental-health-focused crisis management training program, new procedures to discipline officers “who fail to comply with orders not to discuss pending investigations,” the appointment of three — a “seasoned Civilian Internal Affairs Manager” and two sergeants — to the formally single-staffed Internal Affairs Section and work underway to ensure all future investigations meet state reporting requirements.
“We have made great strides moving in a positive direction and learning from mistakes in the past. I feel morale of our employees is high and they appreciate our staff’s transparency and changes made from an operational and administrative standpoint,” Anzueto said in the letter. “(...) Please know the Kissimmee Police Department has taken this Grand Jury Presentment seriously and we will continue our efforts and provide our city a safe and secure environment for all.”