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Captain Affanato was born and raised in
upstate New York. He received his Bachelors of Science degree from
Niagara University in 1981. In April 1984, he began his career with
the Hollywood Police Department as a Patrol Officer. In 1988, he
served as a Detective in the Vice, Intelligence and Narcotics Unit
until his promotion to Sergeant in September 1996. As a Sergeant, he
served in the Uniformed Patrol Section as well as the Training and
Professional Development Unit. During this time he held supervisory
assignments on the Department’s Dive Team, Field Force Team, Emergency
Management Team and S.W.A.T. Team.
In November 2000, he was promoted to
Lieutenant and has held assignments in the Uniformed Patrol Section,
Criminal Investigations Division, Vice, Intelligence and Narcotics
Unit, and most recently in the Public Safety Communications Section.
Captain Affanato was instrumental in establishing the City’s
Inter-Departmental Emergency Management Team in January 2005. He has
been the recipient of numerous internal and external awards, including
Officer of the Month, the Unit Citation Award, and the American
Society of Industrial Safety’s Officer of the Month Award.
In October of 2005 he was promoted to
the rank of Captain; he was currently assigned to the Communications
Sections.
Captain Affanato is a graduate of the
157th Session of Northwestern University’s School of Police Staff and
Command, where he was selected as class Vice President by his peers.
Currently, he is pursuing his Master of Science Degree at Lynn
University in Emergency Planning and Administration.
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