Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
| Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office | |
| Abbreviation | PBSO |
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| Patch of the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office. | |
| Motto | 'Putting Community First' |
| Agency overview | |
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| Employees | 4,000+ |
| Volunteers | 1,000+ |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | County (US) of Palm Beach in the state of Florida, USA |
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| Map of Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office's jurisdiction. | |
| Size | 2,386 sq mi (6,180 km²) |
| Population | 1,294,654 County-Wide Unincorporated Population 680,000 |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | West Palm Beach |
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| Facilities | |
| Patrol Districts | 15 |
| Website | |
| PBSO | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, commonly known by the acronym PBSO, is the largest law enforcement agency in Palm Beach County, Florida.[1] With more than 4,000 employees and 4,300 volunteers, the department provides police services for more than 680,000 residents in the county's unincorporated areas as well as more than 120,000 residents in seven cities and towns. Sheriff Office oversee the county jail system, provide security at the county courthouse in West Palm Beach and Palm Beach International Airport and transport inmates to and from the courthouse and local hospitals. Over 40 percent of the county's population lives in unincorporated areas near the Atlantic coast. The county has 38 municipalities in total. Some have their own police departments (e.g., the cities of Atlantis, Palm Beach Gardens, Riviera Beach and Tequesta), while others have town agencies (e.g., the towns of Jupiter, Juno Beach, North Palm Beach and Palm Beach Shores). The following cities have a contract with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office to provide law enforcement (police) services: Belle Glade, Lake Park, Lake Worth, Mangonia Park, Pahokee, Royal Palm Beach, South Bay and Wellington. The Current Sheriff is Sheriff Ric Bradshaw.
Rank structure
| Title | Insignia |
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Sheriff deputies who have died in the line of duty
Donta J. Manuel 11/28/2007
Jonathan D. Wallace 11/28/2007
Donald L. Schavolt 3/31/2002
Garry E. Hobbs 12/9/2000
Richard W. Oetinger 12/6/2000
James S. Hunt 2/26/1993
Anita K. Pospisil 3/25/1992
Kevin D. Mathews 3/6/1992
James R. Dickinson 8/22/1989
Frank D. Genovese 6/3/1982
Richard J. Landes 4/18/1981
James S. Fogleman 3/25/1963
Frederick A. Baker 1/9/1924
George C. Douglass 8/27/1921
Patrol districts
North Regional Bureau District 1 - West Palm Beach District One’s administration offices are located in Headquarters at 3228 Gun Club Road. The district has 1 captain, 1 lieutenant, 96 patrol deputies, 13 sergeants, 11 detectives, 1 crime prevention deputy, 1 undercover crime suppression team, 9 steno personnel, 5 administrative support personnel, 8 community service aides, and 1 analyst. District 2 - Mangonia Park District 3 - North County District 10- Town of Lake Park South Regional Bureau The nine South Regional Bureau district stations are: District 1 West Palm Beach/West Lake Worth District 4 West Delray Beach District 5 West County District 6 West Boynton Beach District 7 West Boca Raton District 11 City of South Bay District 12 City of Pahokee District 13 City of Belle Glade District 14 City of Lake Worth The South Regional Bureau also serves the incorporated cities of Cloud Lake, Glen Ridge, Haverhill and Golf. Western Regional Bureau District 5 - Western Palm Beach village of Wellington Districts 8&9 Village of Royal Palm Beach District 11 south bay District 12 - Pahokee District 13 -Belle Glade District 15 -Loxahatchee/Acreage