Auto Theft - Public Safety
This division is in need of two types of volunteers. One
position is for identifying stolen cars and/or parts, and the second
is for notifying vehicle owners of the location of their towed vehicle.
Both positions required in-office and field work. Volunteers
must keep all information confidential and have a clean
driving record.
In the first position, volunteer(s) would work in the office
and be required to do some field work. Duties for this position
are: accompanying detectives on inspections and running all the
Vehicle Identification Numbers (VIN) and component parts
numbers. This would drastically increase the number of inspections
that could be conducted per year and increase the completion
time of an inspection.
The second position needs a volunteer for one or 2 days a
week to handle all towing notifications and unforeseen issues. A
large percentage of the notifications are made by phone to the
vehicles’ owner. A small percentage of the notifications need to
made in person. This would require the volunteer going by the
owner of the vehicles address and make notification in person.
If the owner is not home they would be required to leave a card
with the location of the vehicle and the impound yards’ contact
numbers.
Procedure for Becoming a Volunteer
All volunteers must go through this procedure to become a volunteer with the police and fire departments.
1. Complete an application. (Same application is used for both departments.)
2. A background check is run on all applicants.*
3. If the background check comes back clean, then the application is sent to the Criminal Investigation Unit for a CVSA
(Computer Voice Stress Analysis) appointment to be set up.
This test is a modern version of a polygraph test.
4. Once the applicant has passed the above steps, they are called in for an interview with the Volunteer Coordinator and/or the department supervisors in the area of interest.
This whole process could take as much as a month from start to finish.
*Note: Volunteer positions that do not require the volunteers to work inside the buildings will only have to go through Step 2.
To request an application please contact:
Cheryl Sine, Volunteer Coordinator
West Palm Beach Police Department
600 Banyan Road
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Phone: (561) 822-1621
Remember: By volunteering you are helping the police
officers make our community a safer place to live, work and
play.