In January 2009, the former location at 990 Orange Ave was closed due to age (built in 1957 with additions in 1964 and 1971, and renovations in 1978) and its small size.

Shortly after closing, in May 2009 the old headquarters was flooded along with large areas of the city after historic rains inundated Daytona.

Another DBPD substation is at the corner of Harvey and Wild Olive avenues on the "beachside", the peninsula portion of Daytona Beach on the east side of the Halifax River.

are the words printed on a T-shirt used to raise money for the Daytona Beach Police Explorers Unit 22, a program which helps to mentor teenagers age 14–19 who are interested in a career in law enforcement.

According to the DBPD website, "The purpose of the Daytona Beach Police Explorers Unit 22 is to assist the development of character in young people.

The elder Chitwood, later police chief of Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania, printed "Not in My Town, Scumbag" on his shirts.

A store clerk had called police thinking Beeland was using a stolen credit card, which turned out not to be the case.

A recent spate of murders in the black community, including the death of a 13-year-old boy who was shot in the face, have led some to blame the DBPD's moving the police headquarters from Orange Avenue, in the black community, to Valor Boulevard, in a culturally-mixed suburban area of Daytona Beach.