Editing Palm Beach County, Florida (section)

===Law enforcement===
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The '''Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office''' ('''PBSO''') provides police services to the county's unincorporated areas and the 13 municipalities covered by PBSO.<ref name=PBSO>{{cite web|title=PBSO Official Site|url=http://www.pbso.org/index.cfm?fa=Staff}}</ref> PBSO also oversees the county jail system, provides security at all four of the county courthouses, and is the primary law enforcement agency covering [[Palm Beach International Airport]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=PBSO|title=General Facts|url=https://www.pbso.org/inside-pbso/general/general-facts/|access-date=2021-09-12|website=Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office|language=en-US}}</ref> The Sheriff's Office is composed of roughly 4,200 employees, including approximately 1,600 sworn law enforcement personnel, 700 sworn corrections personnel, 1,900 civilian personnel and 1,800 volunteers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pbso.org/inside-pbso/general/general-facts/|title=General Facts}}</ref> The annual operating budget for the PBSO is more than $800 million, as of 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Beall |first=Pat |title=🚔 Sheriff's opening bid |url=https://www.stetnews.org/p/sheriff-bradshaw-budget-bid |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=www.stetnews.org |date=May 23, 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Ric Bradshaw has been sheriff for Palm Beach County since 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pbso.org/sheriff-ric-bradshaw/|title = Sheriff Ric Bradshaw}}</ref>

There are two jail facilities operated by the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office. One is in Belle Glade, called the West Detention Center, which houses all custody levels from minimum to maximum security.  At any one time it can contain up to 991 inmates (total bed capacity), with a staff of 188. The facility has a video visitation program which allows families to communicate with inmates remotely.<ref>PBSO [https://www.pbso.org/inside-pbso/corrections/inmate-management-bureau/west-detention-center/ West Detention Center] Access date 23 July 2021</ref> The largest jail is the Main Detention Center.<ref name="PBSO" /> Three towers - South, East, and West, make up the center.<ref name="pbso.org">{{Cite web|url=http://www.pbso.org/inside-pbso/corrections/inmate-management-bureau/main-detention-center/|title=Main Detention Center|last=PBSO|website=Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-23}}</ref> The largest is the South Tower, constructed in 1993 from concrete and steel at a cost of $52 million.<ref name="pbso.org"/> The East and West Towers were built in 1983; they now flank the South Tower, completing the Main Detention Center.<ref name="pbso.org"/> The Main Detention Center's primary function is to hold high risk inmates, federal inmates, and those inmates who are in need of special medical attention or are otherwise unable to operate at other facilities.<ref name="pbso.org"/> The total number of beds at the facility is 2,166. The South Tower can hold 1,285 inmates, the East Tower has 418 beds, and the West Tower has 404 beds.<ref name="pbso.org"/>

Since the founding of Palm Beach County in 1909, 16&nbsp;people have served as county sheriff.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://historicpalmbeach.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2010/03/25/palm-beach-county-has-had-16-sheriffs/|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|author=Eliot Kleinberg|title=Palm Beach County has had 16 sheriffs|date=March 25, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422135730/http://historicpalmbeach.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2010/03/25/palm-beach-county-has-had-16-sheriffs/|archive-date=April 22, 2019}}</ref>

As of 2025, 24 Officers and 1 K9 of the PBSO have been killed in the line of duty.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, FL |url=https://www.odmp.org/agency/2997-palm-beach-county-sheriffs-office-florida |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=The Officer Down Memorial Page (ODMP)}}</ref>