Crime Prevention Unit

Unit Supervisor - Cynthia Sharp

Contact number: 863.834.6912
E-mail address: Cynthia.Sharp@lakelandgov.net

Ms. Sharp joined the Lakeland Police Department Community Services Unit it October of 1996 as a part-time Neighborhood Watch Coordinator and became a full-time Crime Prevention Practitioner in December of 1996. She holds a certification as a Florida Crime Prevention Practitioner. She also holds designations in Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), Advanced Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, Elderly Services, Child Passenger Occupant Protection Specialist, and Bicycle/Pedestrian Specialist.

Ms. Sharp was selected as the Lakeland Police Department 2009 Civilian of The Year, Florida Crime Prevention Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017 and the Lakeland Police Department Chief’s Award in 2018. She has served as President for the Polk County Community Traffic Safety Team in the years 2002 – 2004. Ms. Sharp served as Vice President of the Suncoast Crime Prevention Association in the years 2010 – 2012. She served as President of the Suncoast Crime Prevention Association from 2013 – 2016. Ms. Sharp has had the honor of being a guest presenter for the Florida Neighborhood Conference and the Southern States Crime Prevention Conference. Ms. Sharp currently serves as Secretary for the Polk County Community Traffic Safety Team, Secretary for Age-Friendly Lakeland and Treasure for Florida Design Out Crime Association – Florida CPTED Network. She has also served on numerous boards throughout her career at the Lakeland Police Department.

Crime Prevention Practitioner - Susy Aviles

Contact Number: 863.834.8984

Email: Susana.Aviles@lakelandgov.net

Susy Aviles has been with the Lakeland Police Department for 5 years. She is certified as a Florida Crime Prevention Practitioner and in Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED).

Crime Prevention Practitioner - Angie Ellis

Contact Information: 863.834.6960
E-mail address: Angela.Ellis@lakelandgov.net

Angie was born and raised in New York City, N.Y. When she graduated from high school, she relocated with her parents to Miami, Florida. She attended the Florida Highway Patrol Academy in 1997 where she graduated and became a Florida State Trooper. In 1999, she married and left her career in law enforcement to help her husband with his family furniture business in Sebring, Florida. Her husband sold the family business in 2007 when they decided to move to Lakeland, Florida. She became a stay at home mother for several years and then decided to pursue a career with TSA/Department of Homeland Security as a Transportation Security Officer. Angie began her career with LPD in April 2014 as a Public Safety Aide and will now serve the department as a Crime Prevention Practitioner.

Crime Prevention Practitioner - Gwen Stanislowski

Contact information: 863.834.3974
E-mail address: Gwendolyn.Stanislowski@lakelandgov.net

Gwen was born and raised in Lakeland, FL, and graduated from Lakeland High School in 2005. She left the banking industry after 8 years to pursue a career with the City that would allow her to be out making a difference in the community. Gwen enjoys learning new crime prevention tools and information and using it to better equip the citizens of Lakeland. Her husband of 12 years, Joey, works for Polk County Fire Rescue as a Engineer Paramedic and together they have three sons.