Sounds like through backgrounds and great training Respectfully, Bradley J. Swaffield ________________________________ From: Charles Rahn <c.t.rahn@xxxxxxxx> To: Badges 1Badge <badges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Fri, May 6, 2011 12:44:21 AM Subject: Badges - Internal Affairs Palm Beach Gardens, a mostly up scale bedroom community, has a PD with approx 150 sworn officers. They have one person, a commander, that handles any internal affairs that come in. Most complaints are handled by the street Sgt. There are less than a half dozen IA complaints filed a year in this department. The city is the largest in square miles in Palm Beach County, about 65 square miles. The population is about 50,000. I was surprised about the lack of IA investigations for a department of this size. I rode with a Sgt here last night, he is a 20 yr veteran and a Marine. He is a great person and I look forward to riding with him again. He sure enlightened me about this city. We actually live in North Palm Beach, a real bedroom community. Palm Beach Gardens is about 1/2 mile from us. Gator The Badges Law Enforcement Discussion Group - Est. 1997 The Badges Law Enforcement Discussion Group - Est. 1997