Local Business Spotlight Sponsored By the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office

By  //  October 25, 2015

This week's Business Spotlight is CHS

Throughout the year the Brevard County Sheriff's Office works with numerous businesses in our county on various business and community related projects. (BCSO image)
Throughout the year the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office works with numerous businesses in our county on various business and community related projects. (BCSO image)

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Throughout the year the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office works with numerous businesses in our county on various business and community related projects.

It is our honor to occasionally recognize some of our incredible business partners for their outstanding partnership with our agency and for their impressive years of community service.

This week’s Business Spotlight is Comprehensive Health Services (CHS) and their President Gary Palmer.

The CHS team and Gary provide invaluable support throughout the year to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office and Cape/Port Canaveral Fire Department by funding holiday gifts and food for a number of needy families in the Canaveral area.

The CHS team’s generosity additionally supports local and worthy charities such as the BCSO Police Athletic League, Christmas Angel, the United Way, National Night Out Crime Prevention programs and the St. Baldrick’s annual fundraising event in support of child cancer cure and prevention research.

CHS has partnered with the entire Public Safety community to enhance the relationships that make Brevard County such an incredible community to visit, work and live.

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The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office is very proud to be a partner with President Gary Palmer and his wonderful team and can’t thank them enough for helping to foster a true sense of community involvement.

Please join me in thanking Comprehensive Health Services for their incredible service to our agency and community.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey has been a law enforcement officer for over three decades. Sheriff Ivey is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and has a Bachelor’s Degree from Daytona State College in Management and Supervision. Sheriff Ivey’s background in law enforcement is inclusive of Management, Criminal Investigations, Narcotics, Patrol Services, Public Integrity Investigations, and Corrections.

Sheriff Wayne Ivey

Prior to being elected in 2012, Sheriff Ivey served the citizens of the State of Florida as a Resident Agent in Charge for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. As a member of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Sheriff Ivey developed and created the country’s first ever statewide Task Force on Identity Theft.

That same year the Task Force was named one of the top five most innovative programs in the country by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and investigated approximately 44 million dollars in fraud cases. Additionally, as a member of FDLE, Sheriff Ivey created the Child Abduction Response Team (C.A.R.T) that re-defined the way Child Abduction cases are conducted throughout the country today.

Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey has been a law enforcement officer for over three decades. Sheriff Ivey is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and has a Bachelor’s Degree from Daytona State College in Management and Supervision. Sheriff Ivey’s background in law enforcement is inclusive of Management, Criminal Investigations, Narcotics, Patrol Services, Public Integrity Investigations, and Corrections.

The program was later selected as the most innovative program in the country by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and is now used as a nationwide model in the response and investigation of child abductions.

Sheriff Ivey has testified before the United States Congress on law enforcement related matters and has extensive experience in the area of Public Integrity Investigations. Sheriff Ivey was honored as the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s Special Agent of the Year (1996) and was also recognized by the Commissioner of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for his Outstanding Contributions to Criminal Justice. In August of 2011 Sheriff Ivey was honored by the National Organization of Victims Advocacy for his work at the national level as an advocate of victim’s rights and protection.

Sheriff Ivey speaks regularly on topics such as Identity Theft, Crime in America, Human Trafficking, Domestic Violence, and Self Defense through Mental Preparedness. Sheriff Ivey firmly believes that Crime Prevention and Education are vital to reduce our crime rate and protect our community.