Patrol Shifts and Beats

Officers work three 12.5 hour shifts, either during the evening/early morning hours or during daytime hours. Shift staffing consists of patrol officers, field supervisors, and a watch commander. Augmenting the shifts are additional personnel, such as traffic officers and community service officers and/or police aides.

All personnel is assigned a work area, which may be either one of the patrol beats, or the entire city itself. A patrol beat is the same as our Service Area Command system, which can be found here. Patrol beats allow for even distribution of personnel.

In addition to these officers working patrol, the officers assigned to special assignments are always available to assist with priority calls for service or incidents in which additional officers will be needed.