West Miami POLICE DEPARTMENT 901 South West 62nd Avenue West Miami, Florida 33144 305-266-0530                  W.M.P.D.                West Miami Presents "Personalized - Professional Police Service" To all of its citizens

The West Miami Police Department is dedicated to providing the citizens of our community the utmost in Professional Police service.  Chief Gary Knowles has established and enhanced several new and innovative programs which afford the citizens of West Miami a superior level of Police Service and protection.  In addition to the programs outlined below, Chief Knowles is researching others which will even further augment the Police Department’s degree of community policing.

 

1.     House Checks

a.      When citizens go on vacation they should call the WMPD and inform us of their address and dates when they will be away from their homes.

b.     The Officers of the WMPD will do multiple daily checks of their homes to check on the security and discourage any would be criminals from potentially breaking into the homes when the owners are away.

 

2.     Security Surveys

a.      Citizens can call the WMPD and request an Officer come to their home to conduct a security survey.

b.     The responding Officer will perform an in depth survey and inform the owner of deficiency in locks, windows, doors, poor visibility from the streets, etc.

c.     A written survey report will be left with the owner in order for him/her to correct the potential problems discovered by the Officer; thus allowing the homeowner to correct the flaws, making the home more secure and less vulnerable to criminals.

 

3.     Fingerprinting Services

a.      The front desk at the WMPD offers free fingerprinting to the citizens of West Miami.

b.     The fingerprinting services are available from 8:00am until 4:00pm, by appointment.

 

4.     Vehicle equipment verifications

a.     Chief Knowles is directing the Motor Unit to randomly set up on our streets to stop vehicles and check for valid driver licenses, vehicle insurance, proper equipment, etc.  These check points will be run on random days at randomly chosen locations.

 

5.     Bicycle Patrol Officers

  a. By re-initiating the Bike Patrol Unit at WMPD, Chief Knowles has brought our Officers closer to the citizens.  Several Officers periodically will be riding in our community on their special Police bicycles.

5.     Radar Speed Trailer

a.     The recent acquired Speed Enforcement Radar trailer will be strategically placed throughout our City to inform motorist when they are exceeding the safe/posted speed limits on our City streets.

b.  This Speed Enforcement Radar trailer records vehicle speeds and transfers the information to our police department computers displaying vehicles speeds, numbers and precise dates and times of the number of violators.

c.  This information will be used to better enforcement the traffic laws and to obtain information of specific areas where greater traffic enforcement may be needed.