Editing Palm Beach Gardens, Florida (section)

==Emergency Services==
===Law Enforcement===
The Palm Beach Gardens [[Police Department]] has 127 sworn officers {{As of|2022||lc=y}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our History {{!}} Palm Beach Gardens, FL - Official Website|url=https://www.pbgfl.com/895/Our-History|access-date=February 13, 2021|publisher=City of Palm Beach Gardens}}</ref> Its operational divisions include Road Patrol, [[Highway patrol|Traffic]], [[Police dog|K-9]], [[Detective]] and [[Forensic science|Crime Scene Investigation]], [[SWAT]] and [[Crisis negotiation|Hostage Negotiation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbgfl.com/content/74/110/2732/default.aspx|title=Police Department|publisher=City of Palm Beach Gardens|access-date=January 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715055413/http://www.pbgfl.com/content/74/110/2732/default.aspx|archive-date=July 15, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> The department also has an 85-member [[Volunteers in Police Service]] (VIPS) unit,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbgfl.com/content/74/110/4196/default.aspx|title=Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS) Program|publisher=City of Palm Beach Gardens|access-date=January 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715060041/http://www.pbgfl.com/content/74/110/4196/default.aspx|archive-date=July 15, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbgpv.org|title=Palm Beach Gardens Volunteers In Police Service|access-date=January 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110209062212/http://pbgpv.org/|archive-date=February 9, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> including a [[Law Enforcement Exploring|Police Explorer]] Post.

As of 2022, the [[Chief of Police]] is Clinton Shannon.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbgfl.com/199/About-Us|title=About Us, Chief's Message|publisher=City of Palm Beach Gardens|access-date=April 16, 2022}}</ref> In 2016 a police officer was convicted for the [[Shooting of Corey Jones|killing of Corey Jones]], an African American man awaiting a tow truck after his vehicle broke down in Palm Beach Gardens.<ref name="Freeman2019">{{cite news|author=Marc Freeman|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/fl-ne-raja-trial-verdict-watch-20190307-story.html|title=What swung conviction of ex-cop Nouman Raja? Audio of his deadly encounter with Corey Jones|newspaper=South Florida Sun-Sentinel|date=March 7, 2019}}</ref>

The Police Department provides protection to the city and also manages NorthComm - The North County Communications Center which handles emergency communications for the City of Palm Beach Gardens, the villages of Tequesta and North Palm Beach, and the towns of Jupiter, Juno Beach and Palm Beach Shores.  When someone calls 9-1-1 in one of these locations, their call is routed to NorthComm and from there they notify the nearest available police unit.

The Palm Beach Gardens Police Foundation is a non-profit [[Foundation (nonprofit organization)|foundation]] holding [[Internal Revenue Service|IRS]] [[501(c)(3)]] status.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbgpf.org|title=Palm Beach Gardens Police Foundation|access-date=January 17, 2011}}</ref> The Mission of the Palm Beach Gardens Police Foundation is to secure private funding to enhance the integrity of the community and the effectiveness of the Police Department.  It does this by providing funding for innovative police department projects, that would not otherwise be funded from the city's budget.

===Fire Rescue===
The Palm Beach Gardens [[Fire and Rescue Service|Fire Rescue Department]] has been serving the citizen's of the city since 1964. The department operates out of the following five [[Fire station|stations]] located throughout the city:

* Station 61 - Battalion 61, EMS 61, Ladder 61, Rescue 61, Brush 561, Light/Air 61, Boat 61;
* Station 62 - Engine 62, Rescue 62;
* Station 63 - Engine 63, Rescue 63, Brush 563;
* Station 64 - Engine 64, Rescue 64, Truck 64;
* Station 65 - Engine 65, Rescue 65.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbgfl.com/190/Fire-Apparatus|title=Fire Rescue|publisher=City of Palm Beach Gardens|access-date=April 25, 2022}}</ref>

On September 11, 2010, the city dedicated its "09.11.01 Memorial Plaza" at Fire Station 63 on [[Northlake Boulevard]]. The [[memorial]] commemorates the [[September 11 attacks|September 11, 2001 attacks]]. Its centerpiece is a steel section retrieved from the ruins of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbgfl.com/content/74/112/5611/default.aspx|title=09.11.01 Memorial Plaza|publisher=City of Palm Beach Gardens|access-date=January 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715055449/http://www.pbgfl.com/content/74/112/5611/default.aspx|archive-date=July 15, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>