District III covers an area of 334 square miles in the northern part of Palm Beach County from Belvedere Road (east of Royal Palm Beach) to the Martin County line, and from Southern Blvd. (west of Royal Palm Beach) to the Martin County line. This is primarily residential with some urban and agricultural areas. We serve approximately 116,194 citizens who account for about 25% of the total population of unincorporated Palm Beach County.
Road Patrol: District III employs 67 Deputies to respond to both emergency and non-emergency calls for police services, as well as to perform traffic enforcement, trafficcrash investigations, case follow-up investigations, first aid/first responder treatment to sick or injured persons, pro-active patrol, arrest violators of the law, search for missing persons, special services and community problem-solving.
These uniformed Deputies patrol the District in both marked and unmarked vehicles, bicycles and other special purpose vehicles such as ATV's and motorcycles.
Certain members of the Patrol Unit are designated as DUI Enforcement Officers who, when not needed for sector patrol, focus their activities on the detection and apprehension of drunk drivers.
District III People & Programs
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District III is staffed by 125 hard-working, dedicated law enforcement and civilian personnel. Under the leadership of Captain Jack Maxwell and assisted by 4 Lieutenants and 12 Sergeants, District operations are broken into the following areas: Administration & Supervision, Road |
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Patrol, Motor Units, Community Policing/Problem Solving Unit, Detectives, Community Service Aides, Analysts, Clerical Staff and Cadets. |
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The Community Policing/Problem Solving Unit
is made up of 
13 Deputies and
provides law enforcement and community problem solving services to specific target neighborhoods in an effort to enhance the quality of life in so-called "crime ridden" areas.
The Community Policing/Problem Solving Unit works toward bringing the community together to solve the problems that contribute to
criminal activity, and to work toward establishing a solid infrastructure which will discourage further criminal activity.
Problem solving efforts include undercover operations regarding vice-type crimes, surveillance, high visibility/high saturation directed patrols, vehicle safety check points,
etc. A close working relationship is also maintained with local agencies such as Code Enforcement, Homeless Coalition, Animal Control, etc. to ensure that not only are the criminal violations aggressively prosecuted, but civil ones as well.
Detectives: Under the supervision of a Sergeant, these 5 plain-clothes law enforcement officers provide in-depth case investigation primarily in the areas of property crimes. They also provide follow-up for the initial investigating patrol officer on complex cases, conduct surveillances and self-initiated investigations, gather intelligence, conduct detailed interviews/interrogations of victims/witnesses/suspects, and perform any other appropriate and necessary law enforcement functions as required.
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The Deputies of the Motor Units conduct selective traffic and traffic crash investigations throughout the District. From time to time they participate in department-wide special projects such as DUI checkpoints. They also provide backup to the Road patrol Deputies and assist with calls for service. |
Analyst: This civilian provides statistical and intelligence 
information to the District
about criminal activity along with crime trends and patterns. This information helps the District focus law enforcement activities more effectively.
Clerical Staff: Civilian employees 
who provide for the transcription of.reports, answering telephones, recordkeeping,
assisting the public with questions and numerous other clerical duties which keep the District operations running smoothly.
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Community Service Aides are 4 uniformed civilians who operate specially marked vans equipped with traffic cones and yellow arrow bars for traffic |
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direction. Community Service Aides provide special traffic enforcement and investigate most of the district's minor traffic crashes. They also provide assistance with staffing vacant school posts and traffic control as well as take reports for minor non-crime incidents. |
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Cadets are part-time civilian college student who in preparing for a career in law enforcement and now have the opportunity to perform certain functions (civilian in nature) which augment law enforcement operations and give the student actual hands-on training. Duties are often clerical but may include some traffic |
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