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The Hollywood
Police Department has creating partnerships with our community. The Department
has assigned a Neighborhood Team Leader (NTL) to each of ten areas of the city
to work in conjunction with that area's Crime Watch organization(s), homeowner's
association(s) and City Commissioner(s) to identify and resolve the problems and
concerns of our residents and visitors.
The map below
shows the NTL zones (outlined in black) and City Commissioner Districts (color
coordinated to the commissioner list in the upper left hand corner). A map of
the Crime Watch boundaries is available on the Crime
Watch Page.
The Hollywood Police
Department's Community Oriented Policing Division consists of the Patrol
Section and the Special Operations Section. The City is divided into
ten areas that are each assigned a liaison Police Officer referred to as a Neighborhood
Team Leader (NTL). The NTL works specifically in that area
and is knowledgeable about the issues that concern the residents.
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Neighborhood
Team Leaders - NTL's work full-time in each neighborhood to identify
and resolve problems. The NTL's work closely with the Patrol Officers assigned
to the area so problems can be addressed on a 24 hour basis. To the specific
areas shown on the map above and a list of the NTL Officers' emails, see our
NTL Assignments Page.
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Patrol
Section - Handles the majority of the calls coming into the police department
as well as working with the Neighborhood Team Leaders to target specific
problems.
Broadwalk
Team Page - The Broadwalk is the paved walkway along Hollywood Beach.
The Broadwalk spans from Jefferson Street (on the south end) to North Beach Park at Sheridan Street
(on the north end). The bicycle lane that is part of the Hollywood Beach
Broadwalk continues north past Sheridan Street alongside of N. Surf Road all the
way north to Franklin Street.
Downtown
Team Page - The Downtown Entertainment Area of Hollywood from Young
Circle, including the surrounding businesses, west to N 21st Avenue, including
Hollywood Boulevard, Harrison Street and Tyler Street.
Crime Watch Page - There are twenty separate Crime Watch areas, each
with its own coordinator and block captains. The Crime Watch program is outlined
by city ordinance and managed in cooperation with the Police Department's
Public Affairs Unit.
Additional NTL Activities The
NTL Officers are not just a liaison to the community, these Officers take a very
active law enforcement role in their neighborhoods. In areas where traffic
enforcement is a primary concern of residents, the NTL Officers conduct traffic
enforcement and issue citations as well as working with the Police Department's
Traffic and Motors Units to target enforcement efforts to the areas of
significant violations. The NTL Officers also strictly
enforce order maintenance issues, such as pan-handling, public consumption of
alcohol and noise violations. To ensure public safety, NTL
Officers check on the sexual predators and offenders that reside in their
assigned neighborhoods. Sexual Predators and offenders are contacted on a monthly or weekly basis,
depending on the individual situation; their residence address, contact information, job
status and location, and vehicle information is constantly updated and
kept on file within the Hollywood Police Department's Predator/Offender database.
The Florida Department of
Law Enforcement (FDLE) keeps an updated on-line
database of Florida's Sexual Predators and Offenders, as well as a database of missing children, wanted criminals
and other items of interest. FDLE also has
a legal explanation of the difference between a sexual offender and a sexual predator. Landlord/Tenant
classes are hosted on occasion by the Community Policing Division. These
classes are very informative and help landlords deal with problem tenants
and teach them how to identify and avoid renting to a potential problem
tenant. At times, class attendance has reached over 200 property
owners. These classes are held on a intermittent basis as the need arises,
contact the NTL Sergeant below for additional information. Landlords who do not
wish to attend the class can still obtain the class information by downloading a
copy of our Landlord Tenant handbook from the
Landlord/Tenant class page. The NTL Officers, Crime
Suppression Unit and Vice, Intelligence and Narcotics Unit all conduct
periodic investigations at convenience stores and bars throughout the City
to ensure compliance with alcohol laws regarding the licensing, hours of
operation, and legal age requirements of customers and employees. The Hollywood Police Department believes
that reducing Truancy will reduce the crime rate in the City, therefore,
Neighborhood Team Leaders and School Resource Officers are assigned to detain and deliver Truants
to the Juvenile Intake Facility (JIF) if criteria is met. Nuisance Abatement:
The Community Policing Division is also responsible for investigating and
presenting Nuisance Abatement cases for any place or premises within the
City which has been used on more than two occasions within a six-month
period as the site of an unlawful sale, manufacture, or delivery of controlled
substances, or as the site of prostitution related activity.
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