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Protect Rio Vista Security Patrol

Changing OF THE GUARD

By Mark Snead, Security Committee Chair

He was promoted to sergeant in 2006 and served as a patrol
sergeant, as background investigations sergeant, and as
economic crimes sergeant. He was promoted to lieutenant in
2013 where he served in the Special Operations Division and
as a shift commander in the Patrol Division. In 2014, he was
promoted to captain and has served as the commander for
District 2, commander of the Operations Support Division and
as commander of the Special Investigations Division.
We are grateful for Capt. Scelfo’s leadership and we thank him
for his outstanding service to our Rio Vista neighborhood as he
turns over the duties of patrol coordinator to Sgt. Mark Wright.

Here is a bit of information
on Sgt. Wright’s background:

Sgt. Mark Wright was born
Lori Sterling, Capt. Steve Scelfo & Mark Snead and raised in Fort Lauderdale
15 and has lived in Broward
years ago, a group of neighbors got together with
the Rio Vista Civic Association to institute a security
County his entire life. During
patrol in the neighborhood. The patrol has since
expanded from about five hours per day to the current 10 and immediately following
high school, he worked as
hours per day, 365 days per year. Close to 400 of our a Land Surveyor, but always
neighbors subscribe to the patrol and enjoy the added safety had a keen interest in Law
and vacation checks that membership provides. Enforcement. While working
full-time, he attended college
From the beginning,
Captain Steve Scelfo has night classes and eventually
been the coordinator for the obtained an Associate’s
patrol, scheduling the shifts, Degree from Broward College
preparing the semi-monthly and a Bachelor’s Degree from Florida Atlantic University with
invoice and redacting high honors in 2012, majoring in Criminal Justice.
the patrol logs for public Sgt. Wright has worked for the Fort Lauderdale Police
consumption. Department since January 2010 and was promoted to

Captain Scelfo has served Sergeant in November 2020. He has worked in the patrol
the Fort Lauderdale Police division for his entire career, including ten years on the
Department since October midnight shift. He currently supervises 11 officers (School
of 2001. During that time, Resource Officers) who work in middle schools and high
he has been assigned schools. Mark began working for our patrol in 2017. On his
to the Patrol Division, personal time, he enjoys playing video games, movies, and
Community Policing Unit, the traveling to historical places (like Gettysburg, old bunkers/
Administrative Support Division, the Criminal Investigations military installations, etc.). Fun fact, he can’t whistle!
Division, and the Special Operations Division. He has also
served as team leader of the Crisis Negotiation Team and a
member of the Tactical Bicycle Platoon.

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