Welcome to the Laramie Police Department's
Patrol Division
The Patrol Division is the most visible division of the Laramie
Police Department. Thirty of the forty-seven sworn personnel
are assigned to this division. A Commander directs the Patrol
Division. In addition to ensuring the logistical viability
of the entire division, the Commander is also responsible for:
Report Review
Crime Analysis
Fleet Management
Administration of the K9 Program
Liquor Report
The Patrol Division is made up of three shifts
- Day shift, Evening shift, and Midnight shift. The three shifts
work 24 hours, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. A 1996 reorganization
of the department addressed a critical need of the department
and now, with the creation of the sergeant positions, each shift
has two sergeants in addition to 5-7 patrol officers. In 1999,
the Patrol Division responded to 14,856 calls for service.
Additionally, patrol officers created 39,674 Quick Call Entries.
Quick Calls refer to activity generated by the officers and include
such activities as traffic stops, follow-up contacts, logging
suspicious vehicles or people, logging faulty traffic devices,
or report sessions.
In addition to handling calls for service, the Patrol Division
is also responsible for:
Directed Patrol Acitivity
Traffic Enforcement
Warrant Detail
Special Events Coordination
Court Transport
Drug & Alcohol Detection Activities
COPS calls
There is also one Patrol Community
Service Officer assigned to the Division. The Patrol CSO accomplishes
a number of patrol-related
duties that were traditionally handled by sworn officers prior
to the creation of the CSO position in 1993. Primarily assigned
to Day shift, the CSO has the responsibility for: