Michael McGrath, Chief of Police
The highest priority of the Division of Police is to provide public safety. To efficiently and effectively accomplish this, the Division is organized into four operations: Administrative Operations, Field Operations, Special Operations and Homeland Security.
Administrative Operations provides services that enable the other programs to effectively respond to service calls. It provides security services; warrant, subpoena and property processing; radio and telephone communications; inspection of police services; and management of information and human resources. Additional functions include the reporting and recording of crimes and incidents and personnel development.
Field Operations responds to citizen calls for assistance through uniformed patrol activities in the six districts and interacts through the community via the DARE programs, Community Relations, Auxiliary Police, and patrols. District support sections assist uniformed patrols through the investigation of major offenses, concentrated action on specific complaints, and crime pattern analysis.
As part of Field Operations, the Bureau of Traffic provides traffic and crowd control at major events, investigates serious traffic accidents and ensures the safety of school children walking to and from school.
Special Operations is comprised of two sections, Investigations and Technical Support, which provide a variety of investigative and technical services to the Division and the community. Investigations, which consists of the Detective Bureaus, specializes in specific crimes such as auto theft, fraud, arson, homicide, sex crimes and youth domestic violence. Technical Support provides both photo lab services as well as forensic and crime scene analysis for the Division.
