The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office is seeking a volunteer
medical specialist with time to review cases.
The Financial Crimes Unit is searching for a licensed physician with
training either in gerontology and/or psychiatry.
The doctor, who could be semi-retired or retired, would work with
investigators and supply critical information and guidance that would
help with putting together cases and knowing which had the potential
to succeed in court.
Specifically, the doctor would be asked to evaluate medical records
to determine the victim’s mental and physical state at the time of
the perpetration of the fraud. The doctor would help prepare both
officers and victim for testimony and might be called on to testify him
or herself.
Without this help, officers either have to make “judgment calls” that
often can be challenged by an attorney in court or spend hard to
come-by budget dollars to pay for consultancy services.
“With the numbers of doctors in Palm Beach County it would seem
that someone would have the time to help us – help elderly victims in
this county, which is often called the fraud capital of the nation”, said
Lt. Christopher Keane.
The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office has almost 4,000 volunteers
and has been recognized state-wide and nationally. The volunteer
services unit is comprised of professionally skilled and talented
individuals that have come together to share their time and assist the
sheriff’s office in any way they can.
Anyone interested in becoming a volunteer medical specialist should
contact Lt. Christopher Keane at Keanec@pbso.org or 561-688-
3950.