Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
| Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office | |||||
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| Abbreviation | PBSO | ||||
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Patch of the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office | |||||
| Motto | 'Putting Community First' | ||||
| Agency overview | |||||
| Employees | 3,941 | ||||
| Volunteers | 2700 | ||||
| Annual budget | $471,302,293 | ||||
| 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 | 1,335,415 | ||||
| Legal jurisdiction | The County Of Palm Beach | ||||
| Governing body | Palm Beach County | ||||
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| Operational structure | |||||
| Headquarters | West Palm Beach | ||||
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| Patrol Districts | http://www.pbso.org/our-communities/ | ||||
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| * 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 Boynton Beach and Boca Raton). The following cities have a contract with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office to provide law enforcement (police) services: Belle Glade, Greenacres, Lake Park, Lake Worth, Mangonia Park, Pahokee, Royal Palm Beach, South Bay, and Wellington and unincorporated Boca Raton and unincorporated Boynton Beach. The Current Sheriff is Sheriff Ric L. Bradshaw will be serving his 4th term in January 2017.
Rank structure
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References
Police related shootings
A shooting on Sept 2014 by deputy Sgt. Adams shot Stephens after he had stopped him for riding his bike into traffic. A dashboard camera showed Stephens hand was empty but for a cellphone. PBSO settled the case for $23 Million after Sgt Adams was found guilty of excessive force.