The Pensacola Police Department’s Special Projects Unit is responsible for producing training and recruiting videos, a weekly television segment for Crime Stoppers and the enhancement of surveillance tapes for area businesses victimized by crime. A crime prevention officer also is assigned to the unit.

The unit is staffed by Officers Mike Wood (MWood@ci.pensacola.fl.us) and Jimmy Donohoe (JDonohoe@ci.pensacola.fl.us). Officer Wood is responsible for enhancing and otherwise preparing still photographs and videos for use in court as well as producing promotional videos and television shows for other City of Pensacola departments and other law enforcement agencies.

Officer Donohoe, one of the department's crime prevention officers, handles a multitude of duties, among them logging runaway children into the computer system, safety presentations, supervising interns at the department, coordinating the Citizens Police Academy, and fascilitating the "Take Me Home" program.

Special Projects officers also provide a wide range of services to the community through such things as seminars for business and community groups.

Officer Donohoe can be reached at 850 - 436 - 5416 and Officer Wood at 435 - 1869.