PBSO District 14 -Covid 19 Update - LWB - Parks Boat Ramps and Golf Course

This is your weekly update regarding District 14 – Lake Worth Beach. I just spoke to the city staff. They will be opening parks, boat ramps and the golf course as follows and per the county order. (A copy of the county order is attached). This is a fluid situation. I will notify you of any changes as I receive them: 

Golf Course – Will be open on Saturday and Sundays , Starting May 2nd. Will follow all county order requirements 

Boat Ramps – Will be open starting tomorrow morning. Will follow all county order requirements 

Parks – Following all requirements of the county order. *** The beach park will not be opening yet**** 

Pier – LWB Pier will not be opening yet. Stay tuned 

LW Beach – Not open yet. Again, stay tuned 

Hopefully many of you saw the county press conference yesterday. The Sheriff delivered a strong message regarding the reopenings.  We all want to be able to enjoy the above facilities after this long period of closure. We do not want people to violate the emergency order. This will likely cause a spike in cases and a return of the closures. This will also generate more calls for service which takes us away from patrolling for burglars, robbers, etc. While our preferred method of handling Covid related calls is to “educate and persuade”, we will make arrests when necessary to avoid a spike in cases and closures of the above facilities. Please help us help you by using good sense and abiding by the current requirements.  The sooner we do so the sooner we get back to something near “normal”. 

In other news, the food giveaway at the CRA went really well today and will continue again next week.

Crime was down a bit this week which is good. 

There are an increasing number of scams out there both online and in person – be careful 

Please fill out your census forms. Our numbers are dismal so far but there is time to turn that around. We will have to live with these numbers for ten years 

My quarterly commission presentation is during the next virtual meeting on May 5th. 

I hope everyone is doing okay. 

Thanks and be safe, 

Captain Todd Baer
Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office
Commander – District 14 – City of Lake Worth Beach