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Alfred Lewers Jr. is the Support Services Captain responsible for the Records Unit, Property & Evidence Section, Fleet, Information Technology, and the Facilities & Equipment management.

Prior to coming to the Miami Gardens Police Department, Captain Lewers retired from the Fort Lauderdale Police Department as the Lieutenant in charge of Recruiting, Background Investigations, Training, and the Alarm Units. During his tenure with the Department, he held positions as the Recruiting Unit Supervisor, Public Information Officer, and a Patrol supervisor. He was also an investigator in both the Criminal Investigations and Special Investigations Divisions, where he specialized in the areas of Juvenile Crimes, Auto Theft, Racketeering, Mid-level and Upper-level Narcotics Investigations. He was a member of the agency’s SWAT team as a Hostage Negotiator, and a part of the Department’s Honor Guard.

Captain Lewers holds a bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from the Union Institute & University. Captain Lewers is also a graduate of Florida Atlantic University’s Center for Advanced Criminal Justice Studies’ Executive Leadership course.

His affiliations and memberships include, Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Community Hope Center of Fort Lauderdale, National Association of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE), the Kiwanis Club of Miami Gardens, International Association for Property and Evidence, Miami-Dade County Association of Chiefs of Police, and the Fraternal Order of Police. He is also on Keiser University’s Criminal Justice Advisory Committee, a member of the Fort Lauderdale’s Black Police Officer’s Association, Eastern Region Police Recruiters Association, the National Association of Police Recruiters, and a member of First Baptist Church of Fort Lauderdale.

Captain Lewers and Maxine, his wife of twenty years, are the proud parents of four children, Victoria, Alfred III, Grant and Rebecca.