We often get asked how the foundation helps support our local police officers who risk their lives to save ours.
Check out a recent article featured in the Fort Myers NewsPress, “Retirees help Fort Myers police save lives, stay safe“.
Below are a list of helpful links if you want to learn more about a career in law enforcement.
- Learn about employment at the Fort Myers Police.
- Review a list of the qualifications needed.
- Learn about the steps in the hiring process.
- Learn more about the salary and benefits available.
Main Location
Primary facilities for the Fort Myers Police Department are located at Broadway Avenue and Peck Street:
2210 Widman Way
Fort Myers, FL 33901
Hours for Administrative Offices are:
7:45 am – 4:45 pm, Monday – Friday
Phone Number for Non-Emergency Assistance:
239-321-7700
Community Policing Centers
Community Police Centers are neighborhood centers that provide a variety of frequently needed services. Community Police Centers are not staffed on a regular basis. Call to ensure that the annex will be open at the time you need.
Law Enforcement Training Center
1803 Golfview Avenue
Fort Myers, FL 33901
239-278-7278
Winkler Safe Neighborhood Community Policing Center
3707 Broadway Avenue #A
Fort Myers, FL 33901
239-278-7274
The chart below represents crime stats through 2012. For more detailed information on crime and other statistics please visit fmpolice.com.
| Annual 1996 – 2012 UCR Comparison | |||||||||||||||||
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Total UCR* |
7074 | 6919 | 6063 | 5978 | 6050 | 5603 | 5118 | 4375 | 4710 | 4023 | 3847 | 4278 | 4139 | 3650 | 3397 | 3788 | 3100 |
Total Clearances |
1869 | 1754 | 1365 | 1166 | 941 | 1038 | 1035 | 1104 | 1393 | 1110 | 1014 | 1201 | 1256 | 1140 | 1101 | 1095 | 971 |
Percent Cleared |
26.4% | 25.4% | 22.5% | 19.5% | 15.6% | 18.5% | 20.2% | 25.2% | 29.6% | 27.6% | 26.4% | 28.1% | 30.3% | 31.2% | 32.4% | 28.9% | 31.3% |
Violent UCR |
1354 | 1235 | 1095 | 1082 | 1127 | 1203 | 1074 | 965 | 1030 | 964 | 937 | 921 | 797 | 819 | 698 | 770 | 754 |
Violent Clearances |
696 | 614 | 394 | 329 | 332 | 414 | 331 | 359 | 386 | 349 | 327 | 298 | 253 | 323 | 285 | 302 | 338 |
Percent Cleared |
51.4% | 49.7% | 36.0% | 30.4% | 29.5% | 34.4% | 30.8% | 37.2% | 37.5% | 36.2% | 34.9% | 32.4% | 31.7% | 39.4% | 40.8% | 39.2% | 44.8% |
Non-Violent UCR |
5720 | 5684 | 4968 | 4896 | 4923 | 4400 | 4044 | 3410 | 3680 | 3059 | 2910 | 3357 | 3342 | 2831 | 2699 | 3018 | 2346 |
Non-Violent UCR Clearances |
1173 | 1140 | 971 | 837 | 609 | 624 | 704 | 745 | 1007 | 761 | 687 | 903 | 1003 | 817 | 816 | 793 | 633 |
Percent Cleared |
20.5% | 20.1% | 19.5% | 17.1% | 12.4% | 14.2% | 17.4% | 21.8% | 27.4% | 24.9% | 23.6% | 26.9% | 30.0% | 28.9% | 30.2% | 26.3% | 27.0% |
| *Does not include simple assaults. |
FORT MYERS, FL – Fort Myers Police will now be patrolling with life-saving equipment in their cars. The new gear didn’t cost taxpayers a penny.
“We now have the tools and ability to help ourselves and help somebody else,” explained Sgt. Sean Hoover of the Fort Myers Police Department,”Quite honestly, they save somebody’s life.”
Those tools are found in brand new trauma kits, called Individual Patrol Officer Kits. They are designed to use in circumstances when officers arrive on a scene before EMS.
The police department has wanted them for a while, but didn’t have the room in their budget.
The newly formed Fort Myers Police Foundation made it happen. They purchased 100 kits for 100 patrol cars.
“This is our way of giving back to them and showing them that we appreciate what they do and appreciate who they are,” said Larry Romano, president of the Fort Myers Police Foundation.
Back in April, the foundation raffled off a new Mustang Convertible. Through that event, they were able to raise around $7,000 to buy the kits.
“For the police foundation to step forward and come up and say, ‘Hey we want to do this for you,’ was an absolute God send,” said Sgt. Hoover.
The police officers will finish training with the kits this week.
While they’re happy to have these life-saving tools, they hope they never need to use them.
NBC-2.com WBBH News for Fort Myers, Cape Coral
*Article originally found here