Community Services

Hours & Cost

Local background checks are completed Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. The cost for a Local Background check is $10 per person, and can only be conducted on the person requesting the check with a valid State-issued ID.

Local Background Checks

Local background checks are local only for residents who have resided within the city limits of the City of Oviedo for at least 1 year. Residents residing within Seminole County will receive a disclaimer letter stating they are not city residents and need to be checked by your local police or sheriff’s office.

Immigration Background Checks

We cannot conduct any Local Background or Fingerprinting for Immigration. This will need to be conducted at the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office. You can provide a form for filling out, or we can provide a form for you.

Persons Residing Outside Seminole County

We cannot conduct Local Background checks for any persons residing outside of Seminole County, or the State of Florida. Local background checks are local only and do not meet level 2 or higher standards. You will need to contact the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for level 2 or higher checks.

The Community Relations Section can conduct inspections of your place of business. This evaluation may highlight areas that could illuminate your business to criminals as a potential target.

Make an Appointment

For more information or to make an appointment contact Sgt. Wade Weaver at wweaver@cityofoviedo.net or call 407-971-5714.

The Oviedo Police Department offers child seat safety inspections to any parent, grandparent or caregiver at no cost. Residents can drive to the Oviedo Police Department to have their seats checked to make sure they are secure in the vehicle or have an officer help with the installation of a new seat. Please contact Sgt. Charlie Crutcher at ccrutcher@cityofoviedo.net to help with your child's car seat.

The Community Relations Section is available to conduct security inspections of your home. This evaluation, using Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), may highlight areas that could illuminate your home to criminals as a potential target.

This initiative is an effort to reduce the number of burglaries and thefts within the community. A citizen may learn that the bushes in front of their windows are tall and would hide an adult from the view of Law Enforcement or people passing by. The existence of such cover would be considered by a criminal.

For more information or to make an appointment contact Officer Yashira Velez at 407-971-5708 or email yvelez@cityofoviedo.net

House Watch is for residents within the Oviedo City Limits. House Watch requires renewal after 30 days.  

This program is designed to help residents add an extra layer of security to their house when they are out of town either on vacation or for work.  Upon request, officers will visit a home to check on the property by driving by and looking for anything unusual.  Officers can walk around the property and make sure doors windows and other entrances are secure.

Questions about the program can be answered by calling 407-971-5700.

Access the House Watch Form.

Program Details

The City of Oviedo offers a Medication Disposal Program, which allows Oviedo residents to dispose of non-liquid medications. The program is for residential customers only and does not include physician offices, nursing or assisted living facilities, pharmacies, or any other commercial business.

The Medication Disposal Program was developed to offer you an opportunity to properly dispose of prescribed medications. An alarming number of teenagers are discovering that prescription medications are easily available to them from their home medicine storage cabinet and are not aware of the health risks of taking prescribed medications not intended for their use. Now you have a method of disposing of unused medications, or perhaps those that are out of date or no longer needed for those individual health needs. In addition, following the passing of a family member, we are asked to dispose of those prescribed medications safely. This program is designed specifically for that purpose as well.

Disposal

You may dispose of any non-liquid medications at:

Oviedo Police Department
Main Lobby
300 Alexandria Boulevard
Oviedo, FL 32765
Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Seminole County Sheriff's Office
1255 E. Broadway Street
Oviedo, FL 32765
Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

A self-deposit, self-serve Medication Disposal Container is located inside the main Police Department Lobby and the Seminole County Sheriff's Office. All narcotics (pain and other medications) may be disposed of at this location. As a reminder, these types of medications may not be disposed of at the Oviedo Fire Administration Office or Fire Stations.

Liquid medications can be disposed of by pouring them into coffee grounds or cat litter and disposing of them in a plastic bag in your garbage.

The City recognizes that seniors are an essential element of our society. We desire to help our seniors through programs designed to assist them with health and safety notifications in times of need. Programs in Oviedo include:

• Senior Well-Being Checks - The police department patrol officers perform Senior Well-Being Checks. 
• The Lockbox Program assists first responders with a way to access a citizen's home in times of emergency. The lockbox is installed by the police department and only they have the combination to access it. The access code is available to the first responder 24/7 through the police department.

More Program Information

To learn more about these programs, please call Officer Yashira Velez at the Oviedo Police Department. Officer Velez can be reached at 407-971-5708, by email, or by calling the non-emergency police phone number at 407-971-5700. 

City Notification System

If there is an elderly loved one or neighbor who is not tech-savvy or does not have internet access, please help them sign up for City Notifications. They can receive text messages on their phone. If they do have internet and email, they can receive email notifications for boil water alerts, road closures and any number of alert messages. Use these options to sign up: NOTIFICATION SYSTEM