PATROL DIvISION

ThE PATROL DIvISION IS PART OF ThE OPERATIONS bUREAU AND ThE gENERAL SERvICE OF UNIFORMED OFFICERS yOU OFTEN SEE DRIvINg MARkED POLICE vEhICLES ThROUghOUT ThE CITy. ThEy RESPOND TO CRIME, CALLS FROM ThE PUbLIC AND vARIOUS EMERgENCIES AS wELL AS INITIATINg STOPS AS A MEANS OF CRIME PREvENTION. TwENTy-EIghT OFFICERS ARE SUPERvISED by FIvE CORPORALS AND SIx SERgEANTS AND ARE MANAgED by TwO LIEUTENANTS AND A COMMANDER. IN ADDITION, ONE COMMUNITy SERvICE OFFICER AND TwO PART-TIME CADETS RESPOND TO NON-vIOLENT SITUATIONS, REPORTS OF PAST CRIME AND TRAFFIC COLLISIONS. ThEy ALL PATROL ThE CITy ThAT IS SEPARATED by FIvE bEATS TO REDUCE RESPONSE TIMES AND TO MEET ThE NEEDS O F ThE COMMUNITy.

OUR MISSION STATEMENT ENCOURAgES ThESE OFFICERS TO “SERvE wITh PURPOSE, RELENTLESSLy PURSUE CRIMINAL bEhAvIOR AND PROACTIvELy FOSTER POSITIvE RELATIONShIPS.” ThIS gUIDINg PRINCIPLE hELPS ENSURE wE MAINTAIN ThE SAFE STREETS AND hIgh qUALITy OF LIFE OUR RESIDENTS AND vISITORS ExPECT IN FOLSOM.

38,305

TOTAL CALLS FOR SERvICE

14,712

OFFICER INIITIATED ACTIvITy