Clermont Police Chief Charles “Chuck” Broadway recently addressed members of the Kiwanis Club of Clermont where he thanked veterans for their service and proudly spoke of the Clermont Police department.
Chief Broadway worked as a detective in New York City in 2001 and recalls that he was summoned back to work on September 11, to work in the landfill in Staten Island retrieving personal effects of persons who were killed when the planes crashed into the World Trade Center Buildings.
Chief Broadway, his wife, and four daughters relocated to Gainesville, Florida in 2002, where he worked for the Gainesville Police Department. He became a Special Agent for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement in 2004 and moved his family to Clermont in 2010 to join the Clermont Police Department as Police Captain. Broadway was selected as Clermont Police Chief in 2012, and since has become a prominent local figure and popular community leader. (See Mighty Warrior Military Race)
Since taking over the department, Chief Broadway has selected and successfully managed an ever-growing staff which currently consists of 81. The department has grown a positive relationship with the community, building trust and respect with such programs as COPPS. He and his officers hold meetings at various locations to update the community on events and activities in the community. They have implemented such programs as Smart 9-1-1 in which members from the community create a profile which can be helpful in emergency situations. The team has developed a prescription drug take-back program, where people can leave medications in a drop box located at the Police department (no questions asked). Clermont has a safe transaction area on the grounds of the Police Department where people can safely exchange items. This area is under 24-hour surveillance.
Chief Broadway is responsible for helping to bring the Clermont Battalion, US Navy Sea Cadets, to Clermont. This program, sponsored by the city of Clermont, prepares youth, ages 11 through 18, for all forms of military training.
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