Treasure Island Police Department

The Treasure Island Police Department is a progressive and professional agency serving a pleasant beach community in Pinellas County, FL. Treasure Island is just west of St. Petersburg. We are a city of about 7,500 full time residents but the population increases to as many as 20,000 during peak season. While our city is small and located on a gulf coast barrier island, we are part of the major Tampa-St. Petersburg metropolitan area.

There are 19 sworn officers plus four support staff which includes Parking Enforcement, Records and Property/Evidence Management as well as administrative support staff.

Community Support

Our community likes and supports their police department. Treasure Island enjoys the benefits of having its own police department. These benefits include a direct personal familiarity between department personnel and residents, a professional familiarity with city associations, clubs and the personality of the community; and a high quality and closeness of service stemming from the department’s local presence and management.

Patrol Assignments

The department protects the city with regular patrols, through the special service patrols described below, and by directed patrols, which are specific assignments to areas needing special attention at any one time. Four- wheel drive vehicles are used to access 3.5 miles of beach. In addition, our department utilizes an A.T.V. to patrol the beach areas. TIPD officers typically perform more follow up on their own criminal cases than do officers in larger city or metro area agencies. This allows patrol officers to continually develop their investigative and report writing skills. It also means that TIPD officers are well prepared in court. Most officers typically work a 4 day on / 3 day off cycle. All sworn personnel are provided with new equipment and uniforms, including a 800 MHZ portable radio, an X-26 Taser, a Glock 9mm sidearm, and all leather gear.

Marine Patrol

The Marine Patrol is a full time dedicated unit focused on marine enforcement, safety and education. The department utilizes a 24’ Boston Whaler Justice, equipped with twin 200 hp Yamaha engines as well as state of the art radar and chart plotter. During the peak boating season from May until September, and on holidays and weekends, additional officers may be assigned to increase protection and safety.

Bicycle Patrol

Specially trained officers are assigned to bicycle patrol, which provides a greater degree of access, closeness and increased interaction between the officers and members of the community. The department utilizes several patrol bikes, including three fully equipped Mercedes Mountain Bikes.

Detectives

Officers trained and assigned in the Criminal Investigation Division (C.I.D.) perform the more complex criminal investigations. Typical cases include crimes against persons, burglary and fraud. Our Detectives use state of the art equipment such as a ventless workstation for latent impression examinations as well as the latest digital technology. Our Detectives are certified Crime Prevention Practitioners. In addition to their regular duties, our Detectives are actively involved in the C.A.R.T. program. The Child Abduction Response Team is a group of law enforcement professionals who assist other agencies statewide with child abduction cases. Our Detectives are assigned take home vehicles to assist them with their duties.

Career Track Training

In addition to state mandated and department directed training, each officer consults at least annually with the Chief to propose additional professional development training in areas of interest to the officer.