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MIRAMAR POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT 2013 miramarpd.org miramarpd.org 2 MIRAMAR POLICE DEPARTMENT Serving Our Community CONTENTS Organizational Chart 4 Message from the Chief 6 Office of the Chief 8 Community Oriented Policing Bureau 10 Special Operations Bureau 14 Support Services Bureau 22 Community 2013 24 Recognition 2013 26 Crime Statistics 28 Mission Statement Core Values We pledge to provide a safe and We believe that the basis of secure environment and enhance the professionalism is a combination of quality of life in the City of Miramar honor, integrity and accountability by working in partnership with the We are committed to developing and community, providing progressive providing leadership as partners with police services, impartially enforcing the community. Our understanding of the laws, and preserving the peace and diversity is key to our success. protecting the individual rights of our citizens. We respect our fellow employees and the citizens we serve. Through teamwork, we effectively achieve our goals. We foster open and honest communication. ANNUAL REPORT 2013 3 miramarpd.org Organizational Chief of Police Exec Asst Chart to Chief (1) Assistant Chief Internal of Police Investigations Exec Asst to the Sergeant (2) Police Dept (1) Personnel Executive Ocer Ocer (1) CSA (1) Captain (1) Public Information Employee Benets Administrator (1) PIO (1) Homeland Security Public Aairs Ocer (1) Specialist (1) Citizens on Patrol Honor Guard Police Chaplains Volunteers in Policing Support Services Community Policing Special Operations Bureau Bureau Bureau Commander (1) Major (1) Major (1) Admin Coordinator (1) Admin Coordinator (1) Admin Coordinator (1) Criminal Strategic Administrative Code Compliance Specialized Support District I Division District II Division Investigations Investigations Services Division Division Division Captain (2) Captain (2) Division Division Manager (1) Manager (1) Captain (1) Captain (1) Captain (1) Communications Community Patrol Patrol Persons Crimes Crime Analysis Supervisor (1) Trac P.R.I.M.E. Supervisor (1) Resource Unit Sergeant (5) Sergeant (5) Sergeant (1) Police Planner (1) Code Ocer (10) Sergeant (1) Sergeant (2) Comm. Ocer (8) Sergeant (1) Ocer (41) Ocer (41) Ocer (11) Crime Analyst (1) Ocer (10) Ocer (8) P.A.T. (1) Ocer (8) CSA (3) CSA (3) PAT (1) Fiscal Property Field Force Admin Coordinator Property Crimes Training Unit Special Grants & Town Center Supervisor (1) K-9 Reserve Ocer (2) Sergeant (1) Sergeant (1) Investigations Accreditation Security Clerk (3) Ocer (6) Program Admin Secretary Ocer (11) Ocer (1) Sergeant (1) Grant/Accred Mgr.(1) Ocer (1) Field Training Program (1) PAT (1) Specialist (1) Ocer (5) Property/Evidence Youth Services Logistics Records Supervisor (1) Sergeant (2) SWAT Logistics Supervisor (1) ID Technician (4) Ocer (18) Hostage Negotiations Coordinator (1) PAT (4) Custodian (2) PAL Ocer (1) Dive Team Victim Services Technical Services Emergency Victim Advocate (2) System Analyst (2) Management PAT (1) Special Events 4 MIRAMAR POLICE DEPARTMENT Chief of Police Exec Asst to Chief (1) Assistant Chief Internal of Police Investigations Exec Asst to the Sergeant (2) Police Dept (1) Personnel Executive Ocer Ocer (1) CSA (1) Captain (1) Public Information Employee Benets Administrator (1) PIO (1) Homeland Security Public Aairs Ocer (1) Specialist (1) Citizens on Patrol Honor Guard Police Chaplains Volunteers in Policing Support Services Community Policing Special Operations Bureau Bureau Bureau Commander (1) Major (1) Major (1) Admin Coordinator (1) Admin Coordinator (1) Admin Coordinator (1) Criminal Strategic Administrative Code Compliance Specialized Support District I Division District II Division Investigations Investigations Services Division Division Division Captain (2) Captain (2) Division Division Manager (1) Manager (1) Captain (1) Captain (1) Captain (1) Communications Community Patrol Patrol Persons Crimes Crime Analysis Supervisor (1) Trac P.R.I.M.E. Supervisor (1) Resource Unit Sergeant (5) Sergeant (5) Sergeant (1) Police Planner (1) Code Ocer (10) Sergeant (1) Sergeant (2) Comm. Ocer (8) Sergeant (1) Ocer (41) Ocer (41) Ocer (11) Crime Analyst (1) Ocer (10) Ocer (8) P.A.T. (1) Ocer (8) CSA (3) CSA (3) PAT (1) Fiscal Property Field Force Admin Coordinator Property Crimes Training Unit Special Grants & Town Center Supervisor (1) K-9 Reserve Ocer (2) Sergeant (1) Sergeant (1) Investigations Accreditation Security Clerk (3) Ocer (6) Program Admin Secretary Ocer (11) Ocer (1) Sergeant (1) Grant/Accred Mgr.(1) Ocer (1) Field Training Program (1) PAT (1) Specialist (1) Ocer (5) Property/Evidence Youth Services Logistics Records Supervisor (1) Sergeant (2) SWAT Logistics Supervisor (1) ID Technician (4) Ocer (18) Hostage Negotiations Coordinator (1) PAT (4) Custodian (2) PAL Ocer (1) Dive Team Victim Services Technical Services Emergency Victim Advocate (2) System Analyst (2) Management PAT (1) Special Events ANNUAL REPORT 2013 5 miramarpd.org 6 MIRAMAR POLICE DEPARTMENT Message from the Chief It is my pleasure to present the Miramar completed during the year. The projects Police Department’s 2013 Annual Report. include a sixty-five thousand square This report contains a brief summary foot headquarters, modern crime scene of significant programs, activities, and investigation and storage facility, special statistics that highlight the department’s operations and logistics building, and accomplishments throughout the year. a district sub-station located in historic Additional information is available Miramar. These facilities will meet the Chief Ray Black through the department’s social media needs of our citizens while supporting the Chief of Police available via the Internet or smart phone daily operations of a national and state applications. accredited law enforcement agency for the foreseeable future. Completion of Overall, the number of violent crimes all projects is expected near December decreased by eleven percent during the 2015. year. However a sharp rise in property crimes resulted in an overall year-to-date Finally, as police chief, I take great crime increase of 3%. A careful analysis pride in the delivery of professional law of recurring crimes in and around the city enforcement services in our city. Our determined that rising crime increases are approach is grounded in community attributable to a small number of repeat policing with the recognition that we are offenders. able to accomplish our mission through the continued support of our citizens and To address this challenge, a proactive stakeholders. Our mission to serve the crime prevention unit was established community is met every day by a team within the Special Operations Bureau. of dedicated men and women who are The unit, designated as P.R.I.M.E. committed to the safety and security of (Preventing Repeat Incarceration through our neighborhoods, businesses, and Monitoring and Enforcement) is an schools. To those that serve, I offer my initiative to identify repeat offenders. sincere appreciation and I look forward to P.R.I.M.E. focuses its resources on working with you in the coming year. juveniles and adults who are identified as repeat offenders. The unit works Thank you for taking the time to review in conjunction with the Department of our annual report. Juvenile Justice, the Department of Sincerely, Probation and Parole, the Broward State Attorney’s Office and local Judiciaries. This new program was fully implemented in mid-2013 and has already been recognized by the Commission for Florida Accreditation as an exemplary program. Chief Ray Black I am likewise pleased to report that the police department headquarters and related facilities were approved and the selection process for design services was ANNUAL REPORT 2013 7 miramarpd.org Office of the Chief The chief of police is the highest- of the penal divisions of the city chief of police, along with other ranking officer in the police charter, the ordinances of the city leaders, assumes a leadership department. He is responsible for city, and the laws of the state and role in planning, coordinating, and providing the overall leadership nation for the purpose of protecting directing all activities aimed at and management of the police persons and property, and for the returning conditions to normal. The department. preservation of the peace of the chief of police has jurisdiction within The chief of police ensures the community. the city of Miramar and command highest level of professionalism authority over 201.5 sworn officers, of police service. The chief is The chief of police is responsible 53 civilian employees, and 15 code responsive to the concerns and for testifying before the mayor and compliance personnel. expectations of the community. the city commissioners, and the He is also responsible for the state and national legislative bodies The chief of police has the management functions of on law enforcement matters of responsibility and authority for the controlling, planning, organizing, importance to the city of Miramar; as management direction and control of supervising, and staffing for the well as proposing new or amended the operations and administration of department. existing legislation which could the department. He ensures efficient have an impact on law enforcement. and effective police service to the The chief of police directs, plans, During a state of emergency, such citizens of Miramar. The chief also and coordinates the enforcement as a natural disaster in the city, the formulates the plans and