The mission of the Redondo Beach Police Department is to forge a partnership with the community to control and prevent crime, improve the quality of life in our neighborhoods, and to provide outstanding service in accordance with the values of our agency. We value: openness and honesty, integrity and ethics, accountability, outstanding customer service, teamwork, excellence, dignity, equality and respect for all people, innovation with creative and proactive problem solving, and fiscal responsibility.
The 35th Citizens’ Police Academy will start on Wednesday, March 14, 2012.
The purpose of the academy is to enhance the partnership between the Redondo Beach Police Department and members of the community. The class is presented in an interactive, hands-on lecture format taught by Police employees. The Redondo Beach Citizens’ Police Academy began in the spring of 1994.
In fourteen sessions, twelve Wednesday nights (6:15 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.) and two Saturday mornings, participants will learn about Police training, S.W.A.T., traffic enforcement, criminal investigations, gangs and narcotics, K-9, Police Department operations and CSI. Participants can go on a ride along with a Police Officer. A graduation for the attendees is held at the conclusion of the class.
New RV Ordinance Rolled Out Beginning June 1, 2011, the City of Redondo Beach will enforce an ordinance to restrict the parking of oversized vehicles between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
Report Drunk Drivers The Redondo Beach Police Department is committed to "cracking down" on impaired drivers and increasing the public's awareness of the hazardous and often fatal consequences of driving impaired.