For Protecting the Palm Beaches, Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw says he understands that the governor is doing the best he can, but most of his deputies on the road and in the jails are well under the age of 50.
By Joel Malkin
Recruiting efforts have gone virtual for the Boynton Beach Police Department.
For Protecting the Palm Beaches, Chief Michael Gregory tells me the hiring that started late last year continues. It s a floating number usually but I think the last number I got was about 13 vacancies for sworn police officers. And we have some other non-sworn civilian positions available as well, like in our dispatch area and our records section.
He says the number of vacancies is floating because of officers retiring and people leaving for other reasons.
Gregory hosted a Facebook Live session this week, to answer questions of potential job candidates.
By Joel Malkin
Delray Beach Police Chief Javaro Sims says COVID-19 has hit his department. We ve had approximately 40 guys test positive unfortunately, but we re also able to get them the assistance that they need to get better as well.
He says the forty includes both officers and support staff, but it does lead to more people being down at one time because of contact tracing. One person could mean you might lose five people for a period of time.
Chief Sims says that out of 166 officers, he had as many as 17 off the streets at any given time due to coronavirus concerns. This is despite a mandatory mask-wearing requirement on the job.
By Joel Malkin
Delray Beach Police Chief Javaro Sims says COVID-19 has hit his department. We ve had approximately 40 guys test positive unfortunately, but we re also able to get them the assistance that they need to get better as well.
He says the forty includes both officers and support staff, but it does lead to more people being down at one time because of contact tracing. One person could mean you might lose five people for a period of time.
Chief Sims says that out of 166 officers, he had as many as 17 off the streets at any given time due to coronavirus concerns. This is despite a mandatory mask-wearing requirement on the job.