St. Petersburg Police Department

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The St Petersburg Police Department provides crime prevention and public safety services for the city of St Petersburg, Florida. The St. Petersburg Police Department has an authorized strength of 540 sworn officers and 234 civilian support staff.

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District System [edit]

The St Petersburg Police Department has divided the city into three districts.

District One [edit]

District One is basically the South of the City.

District Two [edit]

District Two is basically the North of the City.

District Three [edit]

District Three is basically the West of the City.

Crime Prevention Officers [edit]

A police officer is deployed to each district to act in a proactive approach to crime prevention. The team addresses complaints along with evaluating needs in their district's communities. They also function as the district liaison for the department's Crime Watch (Neighborhood Watch) Program.

2011 Murder [edit]

In early 2011, Nicholas Lindsey -- a then-teenager -- murdered veteran officer David Crawford.

Chief of Police [edit]

  • Charles "Chuck" Harmon

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