The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office is the largest law enforcement agency in Palm Beach County, Florida

Palm Beach County, Florida

Palm Beach County is the largest county in the state of Florida in total area, and third in population. As of 2010, the county's estimated population was 1,320,134, making it the twenty-eighth most populous in the United States...

. With more than 4,000 employees and 4,300 volunteers, the department provides police services for more than 680,000 residents in the county's unincorporated areas as well as more than 120,000 residents in seven cities and towns. Sheriff Office oversee the county jail system, provide security at the county courthouse in West Palm Beach

West Palm Beach, Florida

West Palm Beach, is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and is the most populous city in and county seat of Palm Beach County, the third most populous county in Florida with a 2010 population of 1,320,134. The city is also the oldest incorporated municipality in South Florida...

 and Palm Beach International Airport

Palm Beach International Airport

Palm Beach International Airport is a public airport located 3 nautical miles west of Palm Beach, Florida, in West Palm Beach, Florida, and serves Palm Beach County. The airport is operated and maintained by Palm Beach County Department of Airports. Road access to the airport is available...

 and transport inmates to and from the courthouse and local hospitals.
Over 40 percent of the county's population lives in unincorporated areas near the Atlantic coast.
The county has 38 municipalities in total.
Some have their own police departments (e.g., the cities of Atlantis, Palm Beach Gardens, Riviera Beach and Tequesta), while others have town agencies (e.g., the towns of Jupiter, Juno Beach, North Palm Beach and Palm Beach Shores). The following cities have a contract with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office to provide law enforcement (police) services: Belle Glade, Lake Park, Lake Worth, Mangonia Park, Pahokee, Royal Palm Beach, South Bay and Wellington. The Current Sheriff is Sheriff Ric L. Bradshaw.

Rank Structure

Title	Insignia
Sheriff Sheriff A sheriff is in principle a legal official with responsibility for a county. In practice, the specific combination of legal, political, and ceremonial duties of a sheriff varies greatly from country to country....
Chief Deputy Chief Deputy Chief deputy is a rank title used in American law enforcement. The position of chief deputy is primarily found within the office of sheriff throughout the United States. In some smaller agencies, a chief deputy may serve as the senior ranking officer below the sheriff...
Colonel Colonel Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...
Major Major Major is a rank of commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every military in the world.When used unhyphenated, in conjunction with no other indicator of rank, the term refers to the rank just senior to that of an Army captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel. ...
Captain Police captain - France :France uses the rank of capitaine for management duties in both uniformed and plain-clothed policing. The rank comes senior to lieutenant and junior to commandant....
Lieutenant Lieutenant A lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...
Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries, police forces, and other uniformed organizations around the world. Its origins are the Latin serviens, "one who serves", through the French term Sergent....
Corporal Corporal Corporal is a rank in use in some form by most militaries and by some police forces or other uniformed organizations. It is usually equivalent to NATO Rank Code OR-4....
Detective Detective A detective is an investigator, either a member of a police agency or a private person. The latter may be known as private investigators or "private eyes"...
Deputy

Sheriff Deputies that have died in the line of duty

Donta J. Manuel
11/28/2007

Jonathan D. Wallace
11/28/2007

Donald L. Schavolt
3/31/2002

Garry E. Hobbs
12/9/2000

Richard W. Oetinger
12/6/2000

James S. Hunt
2/26/1993

Anita K. Pospisil
3/25/1992

Kevin D. Mathews
3/6/1992

James R. Dickinson
8/22/1989

Frank D. Genovese
6/3/1982

Richard J. Landes
4/18/1981

James S. Fogleman
3/25/1963

Frederick A. Baker
1/9/1924

George C. Douglass
8/27/1921

Patrol Districts

North Regional Bureau
District 1 - West Palm Beach
District One’s administration offices are located in Headquarters at 3228 Gun Club Road. The district has 1 captain, 1 lieutenant, 96 patrol deputies, 13 sergeants, 11 detectives, 1 crime prevention deputy, 1 undercover crime suppression team, 9 steno personnel, 5 administrative support personnel, 8 community service aides, and 1 analyst.
District 2 - Mangonia Park
District 3 - North County
District 10- Town of Lake Park
South Regional Bureau
The nine South Regional Bureau district stations are:
District 1 West Palm Beach/West Lake Worth
District 4 West Delray Beach
District 5 West County
District 6 West Boynton Beach
District 7 West Boca Raton
District 11 City of South Bay
District 12 City of Pahokee
District 13 City of Belle Glade
District 14 City of Lake Worth
The South Regional Bureau also serves the incorporated cities of Cloud Lake, Glen Ridge, Haverhill and Golf.
Western Regional Bureau
District 5 - Western Palm Beach
village of Wellington
Districts 8&9
Village of Royal Palm Beach
District 11 south bay
District 12 - Pahokee
District 13 -Belle Glade
District 15 -Loxahatchee/Acreage