The mission of the Gulf Breeze Police Department is to provide for the real and perceived safety of the citizens of the community and it visitors; to reduce crime through vigilant investigation; to facilitate the flow of traffic in a safe and efficient manner; and to help to improve the quality of life in our community.
Steps we are taking to make life better in “the breeze”
1.Personnel: we have the finest staff in the area and have selected and retained high performing and dedicated individuals that are responsive to the needs of the community.
2.Programs: we are accredited and an award winning community-policing agency. Our efforts have received statewide and national acclaim.
3.Training: we are providing training opportunities to keep our personnel current and proactive in the field.
4.Equipment: our agency procures some of the best and most innovative equipment available today to make us more effective.
What Else would you like to Know?
Just call our police department or contact any Gulf Breeze Police officer to talk about any concerns that you may have. Feel free to email Chief Paulding at Deputy Chief Randle at
Awards and Recognition:
2006 Governor’s Medal of Heroism: presented by Governor Bush to four (4) Gulf Breeze Officers for putting their lives at risk saving another.
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010Winner, 2007 Finalist: Rocky Pomerance Law Enforcement Excellence Award from the Florida Police Chiefs Association to recognize member agencies for developing and implementing an innovative approach to policing.
2006, 2008Winner, 2007 Champion Class Winner, 2009 2nd Place: Florida Law Enforcement Challenge and Traffic Safety Award, a competition among Florida law enforcement agencies and traffic safety organizations to be named the "best of the best" in traffic safety.
2007 2nd Place:IACP Law Enforcement Challenge and Traffic Safety Award, a national competition among law enforcement agencies and traffic safety organizations to be named the "best of the best" in traffic safety.
2003, 2010Winner, 2006 Finalist: IACP Community Policing Award sponsored by International Association of Chiefs of Police and ITT Night Vision/Cisco. The award recognizes outstanding community-policing practices by worldwide agencies representing jurisdictions of all sizes.
2006, 2008, 2011Semifinalist: IACP Webber Seavey Quality in Law Enforcement Award jointly sponsored by International Association of Chiefs of Police and Motorola, presented annually to agencies and departments worldwide in recognition for promoting a standard of excellence that exemplifies law enforcement's contribution and dedication to the quality of life in local communities.
Accredited by the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation since 1999.
2006 Governor’s Medal of Heroism: presented by Governor Bush to four (4) Gulf Breeze Officers for putting their lives at risk saving another.
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Winner: Rocky Pomerance Law Enforcement Excellence Award from the Florida Police Chiefs Association to recognize member agencies for developing and implementing an innovative approach to policing.
2006 Winner, 2007 Champion Class Winner: Florida Law Enforcement Challenge and Traffic Safety Award, a competition among Florida law enforcement agencies and traffic safety organizations to be named the "best of the best" in traffic safety.
2003 Winner, 2006 Finalist: Community Policing Award sponsored by International Association of Chiefs of Police and ITT Night Vision. The award recognizes outstanding community-policing practices by agencies representing jurisdictions of all sizes.
2006 Semifinalist: Webber Seavey Quality in Law Enforcement Award jointly sponsored by International Association of Chiefs of Police and Motorola, presented annually to agencies and departments worldwide in recognition for promoting a standard of excellence that exemplifies law enforcement's contribution and dedication to the quality of life in local communities.
The first fully accredited police department in the panhandle. Accredited by the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation since 1999.
National Recognition status from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies since 2003.
Gulf Breeze Police Department
YourCommunity Resource Officer is ____________
call 934-5121 extension ______
Community Resource Officer Program
“Award Winning Excellence”
since 2001
Gulf Breeze Police Department
311 Fairpoint Drive
Gulf Breeze, FL32561
Phone (850) 934-5121
Fax (850) 934-5127
Peter Paulding, Chief of Police
Robert Randle, Deputy Chief of Police
Community policing solves problems
Gulf Breeze Police Officers and their community partners have generated over 100 proactive and creative solutions to large and small issues in our City since 2001. Some examples listed below:
1.Developed and installed stop sign informational signs to improve stop sign compliance at our through streets.
2.Reduced vandalism by over 60% as a result of a comprehensive Homecoming anti-vandalism initiative.
3.Reduced traffic crashes in the City by over 7% in two years from our Traffic Safety Task Force strategies. This reduction was generated in spite of a 15% increase in traffic and a 26% increase in crashes in the rest of the county in the same time period.
4. Educated parents and teachers to detect and reduce drug use among our youngsters.
5.Created Volunteers in Police Service program that uses 29 civilians to drive marked police cars for traffic calming and motorist assistance.
6.Trained 26 Citizen Emergency Response Team members to render aid safely in the event of any type of disaster.
If you have any concern that we can help you with, just call Gulf Breeze Police at 934-5121 and ask for your resource officer.
How to get problems solved
Your Community Resource Officer will be glad to act as your point of contact for any issue you may have.
The CRO in your area will work directly with you to resolve your issue or forward the concern to the proper department or agency.
If the concern can not be addressed locally, we will endeavor to marshal other resources or agencies to bring whatever solutions can be generated to develop a solution.
how are problems identified?
Members of the public talk to our staff and let them know about things or conditions that are unsafe or need corrective action.
Officers on patrolmake a note of issues that they detect in their daily patrols. Officers can see things that are out of place or things that need to be addressed. One officer developed a house numbering initiative to make emergency response easier, more accurate and faster.
Schools and other agencies identify needs that can be addressed. Our personnel provide DARE training to Gulf Breeze Elementary and the PensacolaBeachElementary schools.
partnerships create real solutions
The police can not solve every problem by themselves. We involve members of the community, the media, schools, city council, city staff and other stakeholders to create lasting and effective problem solutions.
We are innovative and open-minded to ideas. Some of the most effective solutions that have been implemented in the past 5 years have been ‘out of the box’ ideas from our residents of our community.
We enjoy the support of our city council and city staff to develop innovative and effective solutions to problems. With our community partners, we are the first community in the State to acquire a Simulated Impaired Driving Simulator car that demonstrates the effects of drunk driving to our youngsters. We are the first in the State to implement a red light camera enforcement program to reduce red light running
good ideas work
We use good ideas that are provided for problem-solving wherever they may come from. Our partnership with the students resulted in the development of the skate park as a destination that was designed by the youngsters in the city!