Orlando Police Department

The Orlando Police Department (OPD) is responsible for law enforcement within the city limits of Orlando, Florida. The OPD currently employs over 700 sworn officers and over 100 civilian employees serving the citizens of Orlando through crime prevention, criminal investigations and apprehension, neighborhood policing, involvement through the schools with young people and overall delivery of police services.

Orlando Police Department
Patch of the Orlando P.D.
Seal of the Orlando P.D.
AbbreviationOPD
Motto"Courage, Pride, Commitment"
Agency overview
Formed1875
Jurisdictional structure
Legal jurisdictionCity of Orlando
Operational structure
Sworn members700+
Unsworn members100+
Agency executive
  • Orlando Rolon, Chief of Police
Facilities
LockupsOrange County Corrections[1]
Website
Official website

Academy

Through a joint effort with other local agencies and Valencia College, uncertified newly hired officers attend a 22-week academy at the Criminal Justice Institute at VCC.

Specialized units

OPD operates a wide range of specialized enforcement units including:

Weapons

The Orlando Police Department issues its officers the Sig Sauer P226 chambered for 9mm. [2]

History

Since the establishment of the Orlando Police Department, 15 officers have died in the line of duty.[3]

Kicks for Guns program

The police department has managed, along with local radio program The Monsters in the Morning on WTKS-FM, a "no questions asked" gun exchange for gift cards or sports shoes. In August, 2007, a man turned in an item first identified as a rocket launcher resulting in international publicity.[4][5][6] The item was later determined to be an empty carrying case for a TOW missile and its launcher.[7]

gollark: `ssh sinthorions-computer.com cat /proc/cpuinfo`
gollark: That's horrible.#
gollark: processor : 0vendor_id : AuthenticAMDcpu family : 23model : 1model name : AMD Ryzen 3 1200 Quad-Core Processorstepping : 1microcode : 0x800111ccpu MHz : 3410.279cache size : 512 KBphysical id : 0siblings : 4core id : 0cpu cores : 4apicid : 0initial apicid : 0fpu : yesfpu_exception : yescpuid level : 13wp : yesflags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc cpuid extd_apicid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 movbe popcnt aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw skinit wdt tce topoext perfctr_core perfctr_nb bpext perfctr_llc mwaitx cpb hw_pstate sme ssbd sev vmmcall fsgsbase bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 rdseed adx smap clflushopt sha_ni xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves clzero irperf xsaveerptr arat npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale vmcb_clean flushbyasid decodeassists pausefilter pfthreshold avic v_vmsave_vmload vgif overflow_recov succor smcabugs : sysret_ss_attrs null_seg spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypassbogomips : 6989.20TLB size : 2560 4K pagesclflush size : 64cache_alignment : 64address sizes : 43 bits physical, 48 bits virtualpower management: ts ttp tm hwpstate eff_freq_ro [13] [14]
gollark: Look, it even lists the bugs!
gollark: Get a stupid home.

See also

References
  1. http://www.orangecountyfl.net/cms/DEPT/correct/default.htm
  2. "Orlando police Chief Val Demings to review policy on cops' keeping guns in cars". orlandosentinel.com. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  3. The Officer Down Memorial Page http://odmp.org/agency/2947-orlando-police-department-florida
  4. "Florida Cops Get Missile Launcher in 'Kicks for Guns' Exchange". Fox News. August 17, 2007.
  5. Amnesty: Rocket Launcher Swapped For Trainers |Sky News|World News
  6. "Police get missile launcher during gun-shoe exchange". China Post. 2007-08-20. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
  7. "Item first identified as a missile launcher is actually a carrying case". Orlando Sentinel. 2007-08-21. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
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