By Joel Malkin
Friday is the last day at work for Jupiter s police chief.
Dan Kerr has spent 50 years in law enforcement, joining the Jupiter Police Department in 2009, and becoming chief in 2018. I ve been fortunate to work for some great organizations and Jupiter has been definitely the highlight of my career.
71-year old Kerr says that s because of the great people he s worked with, citing a high profile case. We had a homicide that occurred right as the pandemic was really hitting us back in March. At the same time our computer system was hacked here and our detectives, our patrol officers, our support personnel.everybody came together and really investigated that old school. (They) tracked this perpetrator all the way to New Mexico, with all that going on.
By Joel Malkin
Friday is the last day at work for Jupiter s police chief.
Dan Kerr has spent 50 years in law enforcement, joining the Jupiter Police Department in 2009, and becoming chief in 2018. I ve been fortunate to work for some great organizations and Jupiter has been definitely the highlight of my career.
71-year old Kerr says that s because of the great people he s worked with, citing a high profile case. We had a homicide that occurred right as the pandemic was really hitting us back in March. At the same time our computer system was hacked here and our detectives, our patrol officers, our support personnel.everybody came together and really investigated that old school. (They) tracked this perpetrator all the way to New Mexico, with all that going on.
Chief Dan Kerr retires on Friday, after more than 2 years at the helm of the Jupiter Police Department, but fifty years in law enforcement. For Protecting the Palm Beaches, we spoke with Kerr and the incoming chief, whose been with the department since 1998.
By Joel Malkin
Friday is the last day at work for Jupiter s police chief.
Dan Kerr has spent 50 years in law enforcement, joining the Jupiter Police Department in 2009, and becoming chief in 2018. I ve been fortunate to work for some great organizations and Jupiter has been definitely the highlight of my career.
71-year old Kerr says that s because of the great people he s worked with, citing a high profile case. We had a homicide that occurred right as the pandemic was really hitting us back in March. At the same time our computer system was hacked here and our detectives, our patrol officers, our support personnel.everybody came together and really investigated that old school. (They) tracked this perpetrator all the way to New Mexico, with all that going on.
By Joel Malkin
Jan 29, 2021
Jupiter s police chief is retiring next month this week for Protecting the Palm Beaches he talks about the importance of community involvement. It s something that we have focused on here in Jupiter for many years. We even start out with toddlers. We have a toddler program in the police department. We have a police academy we do with elementary school.
Chief Dan Kerr says that after the challenges of 2020, it s more important than ever that residents feel comfortable coming to the cops and trust that they have their best interests at heart. The police department can t do their job alone in protecting the community and keeping it safe. It takes everyone in the community.