Pawn Shop - Public Safety
This department needs someone who is detail driven. The volunteer for this position will be entering information related to stolen property which includes descriptions and owners information. If you like researching on the computer and like the thrill of hunting like Dick Tracy to find stolen property, then this may be the position for you. You will be using in-house data bases and search programs, as well as, researching E-Bay.
You also need to be able to communicate with the owners of the stolen property to gather more detailed information/description on their property and to communicate the status of their case.
We need people who can put in 3 to 4 hours a day and at least 3 days a week. Hours of operation for volunteers is 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. You pick the days and hours you can volunteer.
All information that you come across in this position is highly confidential so the volunteer must be able to keep the information to themselves and only talk about it with the Detectives involved with the case.
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.