City of San Luis Obispo, CA
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Patrol Services: provides 24-hour emergency and non-emergency response and service to the community and includes special assignments such as Field Training Officer, Downtown Officer, Crime Scene Investigator, SWAT, and others. Personnel within the patrol division work a modified 3/12 week. A typical Watch compliment will include a Lieutenant Watch Commander, Sergeant Field Supervisor, and several officers.
Traffic Safety Unit: provides motorcycle assignments and special traffic enforcement. The Traffic Safety Unit is comprised of four patrol officers supervised by a Sergeant. The unit is responsible for enforcing traffic laws, investigating traffic collisions, and other traffic safety duties as assigned.
Neighborhood Outreach: The Neighborhood Outreach Manager coordinates the response of City departments to neighborhood issues and manages the Student Neighborhood Assistance Program (SNAP). Neighborhood Outreach assists residents with establishing Neighborhood Watch, provides crime prevention information, CPTED assessments, and a variety of public outreach.
Traffic Safety Unit: provides motorcycle assignments and special traffic enforcement. The Traffic Safety Unit is comprised of four patrol officers supervised by a Sergeant. The unit is responsible for enforcing traffic laws, investigating traffic collisions, and other traffic safety duties as assigned.
Neighborhood Outreach: The Neighborhood Outreach Manager coordinates the response of City departments to neighborhood issues and manages the Student Neighborhood Assistance Program (SNAP). Neighborhood Outreach assists residents with establishing Neighborhood Watch, provides crime prevention information, CPTED assessments, and a variety of public outreach.
Administrative Services Division: The Administrative Services Division consists of a Lieutenant and the Hiring and Training Manager. The lieutenant is responsible for internal investigations, citizen complaints, and permit investigations and oversees Records. The Hiring and Training Manager is responsible for recruitment and hiring, training, permit issuance and billing.
Investigative Division: The Investigative Division is supervised by a Lieutenant and includes two detectives working property crimes (burglary, grand theft, fraud etc.) and three detectives working crimes against persons (robbery, assault, rape, murder). Also working out of the Investigative division is a School Resource Officer (assigned to the high school and middle school). In addition, one detective is assigned to the county-wide Narcotics Task Force unit.
Communications Division: Communications dispatchers receive incoming telephone calls for service, including 911 calls. Police dispatchers are also responsible for dispatching fire department personnel and applying emergency medical dispatch techniques. The dispatch staffing consists of 10 Communication Technicians managed by 2 Communications Supervisors, answering directly to the Communications manager.
Records Unit: Records clerks are responsible for processing and maintaining the large amount of documentation generated by all divisions within the department. Their work includes meeting state crime reporting standards and preparing court paperwork to the District Attorney's office. The records unit consists of four clerks, one lead clerk and a supervisor.
Investigative Division: The Investigative Division is supervised by a Lieutenant and includes two detectives working property crimes (burglary, grand theft, fraud etc.) and three detectives working crimes against persons (robbery, assault, rape, murder). Also working out of the Investigative division is a School Resource Officer (assigned to the high school and middle school). In addition, one detective is assigned to the county-wide Narcotics Task Force unit.
Communications Division: Communications dispatchers receive incoming telephone calls for service, including 911 calls. Police dispatchers are also responsible for dispatching fire department personnel and applying emergency medical dispatch techniques. The dispatch staffing consists of 10 Communication Technicians managed by 2 Communications Supervisors, answering directly to the Communications manager.
Records Unit: Records clerks are responsible for processing and maintaining the large amount of documentation generated by all divisions within the department. Their work includes meeting state crime reporting standards and preparing court paperwork to the District Attorney's office. The records unit consists of four clerks, one lead clerk and a supervisor.
Department Chaplains: Chaplains receive training in emotional crisis, understanding the victim response, response to suicide and suicidal tendencies, the death notification process and aftermath, community resources available, and they go on regular ride-alongs with officers. Chaplains may also respond with officers to assist and support victims in times of crisis should the victim desire their assistance. Their role is not to attempt to moralize, evangelize, proselytize or criticize but to serve in an overall secular and professional manner for those that need their service.
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