Join our Volunteers In Police Service – VIPS

The Palm Beach Gardens Police Department’s volunteer program provides needed support to the Department’s sworn and civilian personnel to allow them to deliver effective law enforcement services to the community. Volunteers and police personnel work in a valued partnership to provide the highest quality law enforcement services, and an exceptional quality of life for [...]

2010 Citizen Police Academy

The Palm Beach Gardens Police Department, in cooperation with the Police Foundation, is currently conducting a new and revised Citizen Police Academy which began on April 7th, 2010. The Academy is a seven-week program where community minded citizens from Palm Beach Gardens attend a three-hour class one evening per week.
Classes are administered by the [...]

Post Traumatic Shock Disorder

Recently I was called by a man whom I know quite well (not connected with the Palm Beach Gardens PD) and he asked if we could meet for breakfast. Previous to that I had noticed a slight change in attitude but just counted it to his busy schedule. During our conversation he shared [...]

VIPS assist with Citizen Police Academy

Several members of the Department’s ‘Volunteers in Police Service’ or “VIPS” assisted with the opening night of the Citizen Police Academy.
Explorer Sergeant Ben Triana opened the evening by leading the recruits in the Pledge of Allegiance. Other members of the Explorer Post, along with members of the Citizens Mobile Patrol (CMP), were on hand [...]

Reserve Officers, Explorers and CMP’s Assist with Safety and Sobriety Checkpoint

Members of the Palm Beach Gardens Police Reserves, part of our Volunteers In Police Service (VIPS) were on hand last Friday night to assist with the Safety and Sobriety Checkpoint. Also assisting were members of the Police Explorer Post and the Citizens Mobile Patrol.
The checkpoint was conducted from 11:00 PM until 2:00 AM on [...]

CMP Volunteers Provide Free Children’s Fingerprinting

Several members of the Palm Beach Gardens Police Volunteers In Police Service (VIPS) were on had Saturday, August 22nd at Christ Fellowship Church. They were there in support of the church’s annual Health Fair.
Operating outside the church in the Department’s Mobile Command Post, the volunteers took the fingerprints and photos of nearly 60 children [...]

Local Youth Attend Explorer Academy

Six Palm Beach Gardens Police Explorers recently returned from a week long residential career program known as the “Law Enforcement Explorer Academy”.
The programs gave them practical, hands-on law enforcement and life-skills training presented in a structured and highly disciplined environment. Drill Instructor from the West Palm Beach Police Department lead the squads, were in [...]

Volunteers assist with National Night Out 2009

Some 25 volunteers, members of the Department’s “Volunteers In Police Service”, participated in last night’s National Night Out 2009.
America’s Night Out Against Crime involves citizens, law enforcement agencies, fire departments, civic groups, businesses, neighborhood organizations and local officials and is designed to:

Heighten crime and drug prevention awareness
Generate support for, and participation in, local anticrime programs
Strengthen [...]

Citizens Mobile Patrol Sergeant wins Traffic Safety Award

CMP Sergeant Lou Milstein was recognized recently by the Traffic Safety Council of the Palm Beaches for his efforts to reduce speed in the City of Palm Beach Gardens.
Sgt. Milstein heads up a group of dedicated VIPS who almost daily place a marked police car, with a speed display board on the trunk, at various [...]

Palm Beach Gardens Police Explorers Place First in Competition

The Palm Beach Gardens Police Foundation proudly recognizes our Police Explorers who recently achieved 1st place in the “Exploring Law Enforcement Challenge” which was held on May 9, 2009, at the St. Lucie Fairgrounds in Port St. Lucie, FL.
An awards banquet honoring the competition winners was held on May 29, 2009 at the Palm Beach [...]

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