Program: HOLIDAY ROBBERY TASK FORCE

The Delray Beach Police Department’s Holiday Task Force has been operational from Thanksgiving to the New Year, each year for the past ten years. The Task force saturates all shopping centers in the City of Delray Beach with high visibility patrols providing a high profile visibility of 100 different officers throughout the course of the program.  During the 2007 holiday season The Police Department dedicated one thousand three hundred thirty five and one-quarter (1,335.25) hours to the program at a total cost of $72,587.86, of which $35,432 was reimbursable through a prior JAG award. As a result of the Holiday Robbery Task Force, during the holiday season there have been minimal incidents of thefts or other serious crime incidents in the targeted areas. 

Costs for Overtime and FICA:  $21,228

These funds will help offset the costs for officer overtime to reduce and deter robberies during the holiday season from November 25, 2008 through December 31, 2008.