Major Steven W. List

Entering law enforcement as a campus police officer in 1972, Steve has over thirty years of law enforcement experience including twenty years as an administrator. He joined the Miami Gardens Police Department in 2006 as one of the original 6 transition team members.

Steve graduated from the Naval Aviation Schools Command and served as an Officer in the United States Naval Reserves for two years. He currently teaches undergraduate and post-graduate management and criminal justice classes at the University of Phoenix. Steve has taught management class at the Broward County College Institute of Public Safety, the Illinois State Police Academy, and the Chicago Suburban Police Academy.

He has 20 years of service in Kiwanis International. He has served as Lt. Governor of both the Illinois-Iowa and Florida Districts of Kiwanis and is a past-president of the Kiwanis Clubs of Miami Gardens, Coral Springs-Parkland, Florida, Willowbrook-Burr Ridge, Illinois and Woodridge, Illinois.

Steve holds a Master of Public Administration Degree from Roosevelt University, a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education from Valparaiso University, and a Bachelor of Fire Science Degree from Southern Illinois University. He is a graduate of the Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command and the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy.

He resides in Miami Gardens with Kathy, his wife of 30 years and they have four grown children.

The City of Miami Gardens Police Department is guided by a mission statement that invokes a strong partnership with the community. Its various divisions, departments, and units strive to reduce crime and the fear of crime in our community.
The Operations Division is the entity responsible for the physical 24-hour delivery of Police services throughout the City of Miami Gardens. A total of 137 members comprise the Operations Division.  In addition to the Operations Major, there is one Executive Captain, four platoon captains, 15 sergeants, 104 sworn officers, 10 community service aides and support staff.

The Division operates in a three-tier system:
·  The guidance and leadership of the Major directs the Operations Division through the efforts of the Executive Captain and four Operations Platoon Captains.

·  The second tier is made up of the Platoon Captains who are responsible for the delivery of Police services in three geographical zones composing the City of Miami Gardens.

·  Finally, the Traffic Unit, Canine (K-9) Units and Community Services Unit complete the operational makeup of the division.

The Operations Patrol Division is comprised of street uniformed officers who are most visible. As the largest division in the agency, it is divided among the four shifts, each commanded by a Platoon Captain.
The Platoon Captains direct the officers of the Operations Patrol Division to provide the most basic of law enforcement tasks, as well as perform operations in maintaining a safe community including:

The number of officers allocated to each shift is determined by a variety of factors including: number of calls for service, number of arrests, geographical barriers, crime factors, civic organizational boundaries, and other criteria.
Based on the needs of the community, each district is allotted specific resources including platoon captains, sergeants, uniformed patrol officers, motorcycle officers, canine officers and community service aides. Additionally, the Operations Division is supported by all other divisions and units within the Police Department, in their efforts to provide the best possible service to the community.