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The Daytona Beach Police Department (DBPD) is the primary law enforcement agency for Daytona Beach, Florida. There are 241 sworn full-time police officers, 105 sworn part-time officers and 81 civilians on the force which is headed by Michael Chitwood who serves as the Chief. The main Police headquarters is located at 129 Valor Blvd. In January 2009, the former location at 990 Orange Ave was closed due to age and its small size. Shortly after closing, May 2009, the old building was flooded, along with numerous homes and businesses in the area of town. There is a DBPD substation located at the corner of Harvey and Wild Olive avenues on the "beachside" (barrier island portion of Daytona Beach). ==Scumbag Eradication Team== The Scumbag Eradication Team: Not in our Town!" are the words printed upon a T-shirt used to raise money for the Daytona Beach Police Explorers Unit 22, a program which helps to mentor teenagers age 14 - 19, interested in a career in law enforcement. The Police Explorers program is run by Learning for Life(LFL), a United States school and work-site based program that is a subsidiary of the Boy Scouts of America. The T-shirts feature the words "Scumbag Eradication Team", and "Not In Our Town," with a caricature of DBPD Mike Chitwood (who served 17 years with the Philadelphia Police Department) and a toilet full of what are assumed to be "scumbags". According to the DBPD website: ''"The purpose of the Daytona Beach Police Explorers Unit 22 is to assist the development of character in young people."''〔(Police Explorer Program )〕 While some have questioned the propriety of selling T-shirts to children with the word "scumbag" on it, Chief Chitwood has no qualms, according to Chitwood: ''"If somebody doesn't like the fact that I call them a scumbag, too bad,"''. Chitwood believes that the individuals he characterizes as "scumbags" not only erode the quality of life in Daytona Beach but they also ruin 'fabric'. ''It's the scumbags like this that erode the quality of life and the fabric (sic) that we have here.''〔(Suit against top cop cites “Scumbag” T-shirt )〕〔(Police Chief 'SCUMBAG' T-Shirts In High Demand )〕〔(Controversial T-shirts Fund Scholarships )〕 The T-shirt and its logo have been cited in a $100,000 police brutality case filed by attorney Sam Masters, who claims the DBPD condones violent behavior. His client suffered broken ribs and a broken eye socket during an arrest. Chief Chitwood welcomed the lawsuit: ''"My suggestion to legal was you offer him one dollar and when he refuses, lets go to trial."'' Prolific use of the word "scumbag" in public, as well as printing T-shirts which make prominent use of the word scumbag is a family tradition started in Pennsylvania by Chitwood's father, Mike Chitwood also a police officer. The elder Chitwood, currently police chief of Upper Darby in Pennsylvania prints; "Not in My Town, Scumbag" on his shirts.〔('Scumbag' T-Shirts Take Off At Home And In Iraq )〕〔(Crime: "Not in My Town, Scumbag" )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Daytona Beach Police Department」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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