BCSO Rewards Citizens With Donated Gift Cards For Following Crime Prevention, Safety Tips
By Wayne Ivey, Brevard County Sheriff // December 16, 2015
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – This past week we were blessed with the incredible generosity of a Brevard County citizen who donated $3,000 dollars in $25 gift cards to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office.
The citizen who wished to remain anonymous is a very proud and avid supporter of our agency and wanted to partner with us to help in our Holiday Season Crime Prevention efforts.
Through discussion with members of our agency and with the support of the gracious donor, it was decided to provide the gift cards to citizens who were observed practicing Crime Prevention and Safety tips that our agency has promoted through our various Crime Prevention measures such as Facebook, community presentations, and through our website.
Our team was extremely impressed with the incredible number of our citizens that followed our Crime Prevention suggestions and also shared with us that they follow our Crime Prevention efforts on Facebook.
During the giveaway operation, 120 citizens were recognized and rewarded for their safety efforts. We are very proud of the wonderful support our agency receives from our citizens and this was an opportunity for us to recognize a few of our public partners for practicing safe habits to prevent crime.
Please join me in thanking the very generous citizen who wishes to remain anonymous for this incredible support of our agency and community.
I would also like to recognize Agent Bob Wagner for coming up with the idea to reward our citizens for following our Crime Prevention tips and all of our Deputies who were part of the team that participated in the detail. And of course as always I want to thank our citizens who work as partners with us everyday to help keep Brevard County a great place to call home.
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.
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.
