Traffic Monitoring - Public Safety
Volunteers will receive training from WPB Traffic Officers on how to set up the Smart Recorder at an intersection, park safely in a high traffic area, use a Traffic Radar gun, record the speeds/or violations of stop signs/red lights. Volunteers will record the specific information that will be needed to verify a complaint.
Volunteers can be used for traffic studies or surveys, record the amount of traffic in the complaint area and record vehicles going 10 mph over the posted limit, and monitor and record vehicles running STOP signs and red lights.
Volunteers will wear light grey polo shirts, baseball caps supplied by the Police Department. Navy blue shorts, comfortable shoes will be supplied by the volunteer. Volunteers must wear their police ID with photo on their uniform at all times.
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.