Port St. Lucie Police Department

Emergencies go to 9-1-1, and the Port St. Lucie Police Department's non-emergency line is 772-871-5000, answered for the headquarters at 121 SW Port St. Lucie Blvd., Building C.

The emergency and non-emergency numbers and the Building C headquarters address appear in the header and footer of the Port St. Lucie Police Department site. The records number is listed with the city's public records request page, the prevention specialist line on the department's prevention and safety tips page, and the PAL number on the Police Athletic League page. The public records page gives the same 121 SW Port St. Lucie Blvd. street address for the City of Port St. Lucie, and the police headquarters there is Building C.

Port St. Lucie police records, including traffic crash reports, are requested through the city's public records request portal, which the City Clerk's Office and the Police Department share.

The Clerk's Public Records Requests page routes every public request for Port St. Lucie city information, police records included, to either the City Clerk's Office or the Police Department via the portal, and gives Police Records the number 772-871-5047, with fax 772-344-4094. The police site carries a Request Records or Traffic Crash Reports link in its footer, and its Get Service menu also covers evidence and property requests (Get Service).

Port St. Lucie crash reports follow a state rule. Under section 316.066, Florida Statutes, crash reports that reveal personal information about the parties are confidential and exempt from public disclosure for 60 days after the report is filed, though they may be released immediately to the parties involved, their legal representatives, their insurers and certain others named in the law. Crashes themselves are investigated by the department's Traffic Unit, whose officers are trained in serious bodily injury crash investigation (Traffic Unit).

Beyond patrol, the Port St. Lucie Police Department handles animal control, several city permits, online reports, fingerprints, notary services, house watch requests and hiring of extra duty officers.

The department's Get Service page groups these Port St. Lucie services into four areas. Animal Control protects public safety and animal welfare through enforcement, education and humane services. Permits cover alarm systems, garage sales, noise or block parties, solicitors and special events. The Report area lets residents flag city service concerns, lost property and speeding drivers, and the department's site menu links to a page for filing a police report online. The Request area lists evidence and property, fingerprints, hiring an extra duty officer, home security checks, house watch, media inquiries and notary services.

House watch and home security checks run through the prevention specialist, reached at 772-873-6399, according to the Port St. Lucie prevention page, which also lists bicycle registration, speeding prevention and presentations for groups. That page adds practical home tips, such as keeping garage doors closed and having trusted neighbors check on a home during vacations, and vehicle tips summed up as C.L.E.A.R.: close windows, lock doors, eliminate belongings from view, always take the keys and remove valuables and the garage door opener.

The Port St. Lucie Police Department's organizational chart, effective April 21, 2025, places the Chief of Police over two bureaus, the Neighborhood Policing Bureau and the Support Services Bureau, each led by a deputy chief.

Port St. Lucie patrol is split into three regional divisions on the organizational chart: an East Region Patrol Division for Districts I and II, a Central Region Patrol Division for Districts III and IV and a West Region Patrol Division for Districts V and VI. Other divisions on the chart include Special Operations (bike patrol, marine patrol, K9, SWAT and training), District Support (crossing guards, Explorers, honor guard, the Model Traffic Stop Program, the motor unit, the parks unit, PAL, school resource officers and the traffic unit), Operational Support Services (records, evidence, the volunteer section, accreditation and emergency management), Fiscal Management (budget, extra duty employment, grants and payroll), the Special Investigations Division, the Animal Control Division and the Public Information Office.

The department's site menu lists specialized units including the Traffic Unit, K-9 Unit, SWAT Team, School Resource Unit, Marine Unit, Bike Patrol Unit and Honor Guard, with an Internal Affairs Section and a Commend an Officer page under the department overview. The Traffic Unit page says its officers patrol in marked and unmarked vehicles and on motorcycles, target high-frequency crash locations and chronic speed locations, and provide escorts and traffic control for parades and other community events in Port St. Lucie (Traffic Unit).

PSLPD's resident programs include the free Citizens Police Academy, the Police Athletic League for youth, Community Patrol, the Model Traffic Stop Program and events such as National Night Out and Shop with a Cop.

The Citizens Police Academy is offered annually and runs 50 hours of instruction over eight weeks, with classes two evenings a week at the Port St. Lucie Police Department. Sessions are led by staff from the command staff, the Neighborhood Policing Bureau, Support Services and specialty units such as K-9. The department says many graduates become active volunteers within the police department. Registration uses a printed form sent with a copy of a driver's license, and the page posts each year's class dates.

The Police Athletic League describes itself as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit working with the Port St. Lucie Police Department so that youth ages 8 to 18 can take part in educational, cultural and sporting activities. Its boxing, girls boxing, beginner wrestling and karate programs meet at the PSL Police Athletic League Gym, 2101 SE Tiffany Ave., and the page also lists Police Youth Explorers and a free fishing clinic, with the current schedule. The program list on the department site also names Community Patrol, the Model Traffic Stop Program, an Autism Awareness and Community Resource Event, Safety Fest, Tip a Cop and the Torch Run.

The Port St. Lucie Police Department dates to 1980, after the City Council decided in 1979 to form a department and began the search for a police chief.

According to the About PSLPD page, talks among citizens and council members about a city police force began in 1978 as Port St. Lucie kept growing. In September 1991 the department relocated to a newly built three-story headquarters, and an on-site review that month by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies led to accreditation on November 16, 1991, which the department lists as the first for an agency in St. Lucie County.

The same Port St. Lucie page describes the shoulder patch: the state seal between the U.S. and state flags, with the words courage, knowledge and integrity beneath it as the agency's core values. The department's mission statement opens with those three words as well (About PSLPD).

Port St. Lucie officer applicants must be U.S. citizens, at least 19 years old, and hold a high school diploma or the equivalent, and those not yet certified in Florida go through a police academy before they apply.

The Become an Officer page names Eastern Florida State College, Indian River State College and Palm Beach State College as the closest academies to Port St. Lucie and points to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for the full list and the state officer requirements. Applicants who already hold Florida certification move through a city application, oral board, background questionnaire, polygraph, physical agility test and the POST exam, followed by psychological and medical exams after a conditional offer. Other minimums on the page include a driver's license held for at least a year and vision correctable to 20/40 in each eye.

For veterans, the Port St. Lucie page says the department is an approved on-the-job-training facility, so GI Bill benefits may help fund the academy and the first year of service, and it lists up to 240 hours of paid military leave and the chance to buy back up to 10 years of prior law enforcement or full-time military service (Become an Officer). Last verified: October 22, 2026, from these PSLPD and state sources read that day: the department's home, About, Get Service, prevention, Traffic Unit, academy, PAL and Become an Officer pages, its organizational chart effective April 21, 2025, the city public records page and section 316.066 of the Florida Statutes.