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Field
Operations Division (Patrol) responds to the vast majority
of calls for service and is made up of patrol teams, a motorcycle
traffic unit, traffic and hit-and-run investigators, community
service officers, parking control and abandoned vehicle abatement
personnel and the Special Enforcement Team. Also under Field
Operations is the Reserve Police Officer program, 32 sworn
Reserve Officers who assist the department in our policing
duties. The Community Policing sergeant and the Northside
Police Facility officers are also assigned to this division.
The Investigations
Division (Detective Bureau) is responsible for the majority
of follow up investigations, especially for major crimes.
Investigators are assigned by type of crime, which includes
homicide, assaults, robbery, theft, burglary, finacial crimes
and juvenile crimes.
The Administrative
Services Division is made up of the Chief's Office, the
Community Services Unit (CSU), the Professional Standards
Unit (PSU), our Temporary Holding Facility (THF), 9-1-1 Dispatch and the Records
Unit. CSU is responsible for Neighborhood and Business Watches,
Crime Prevention, Police Activities League (PAL), Permits
and the various school services (DARE, School Resource Officers,
and Crossing Guards). PSU is charged with hiring and training
all departmental personnel, conducting Internal Affairs investigations,
and cataloging, storing and arranging for the disposition
of all property and evidence. Our THF is used to process individuals
arrested in our City. The Emergency Dispatch Unity (9-1-1) operates the City's public safety Communications Center, dispatching emergency Police, Fire, Medical and Service Units in response to requests for assistance by the public. Records tracks and processes all police-related
paperwork (offense and accident reports, citations, etc.)
and the numerous requests we receive from outside agencies
for copies of documents.
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