Parking Enforcement - Public Safety
The Parking Enforcement Volunteer will enforce the following:
parking, handicap laws, fire lanes, expired meters, parking on sidewalks, blocking fire hydrants, and violation of posted signs. This field will be expanded to include other violations at a later date.
This volunteer must successfully complete and pass a training programs established and approved by the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission for Parking Enforcement Specialist. The training sessions include a 16 hour State of Florida Course and a 40 hour in-house Classroom/Field Training with Parking Enforcement Specialist.
The prospective Parking Enforcement Volunteer must submit a handwritten application, be 19 years old or older, have a valid Florida Drivers License, pass a criminal background check and CVSA test, pass an oral interview, have basic computer skills, commit to 8 hours a month – no more that 20 hours per week (4 hour shifts), and be able to work flexible shifts (mornings, afternoons and early evenings. Shifts will be decided on the demand of complaints and the hours where the complaint area is the busiest).
Volunteers will work in teams of two for inception of this program, and will be re-evaluated at a later date. Volunteers will meet with the Crime Prevention Officer/Volunteer Coordinator once a month.
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.