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Field Services Division
The patrol teams are managed by a lieutenant and staffed with sergeants, patrol officers, and field and evidence technicians.
Additional Teams Within Field Services Division
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Canine Team
The Canine Team is comprised of police officers who serve with their canine partners on a full time basis. Canine Teams are trained for and assigned to the Patrol Bureau.
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Downtown Enforcement Team
The Downtown Enforcement Team (DET) consists of 4 officers and 1 sergeant on bicycle patrol and has the primary responsibility of enforcing all laws throughout the downtown area as well as beat 9.
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Field & Evidence Technicians
Police Field and Evidence Technicians play an important role in the Santa Rosa Police Department. Although Police Field and Evidence Technicians are unarmed civilian employees, they perform many of the same duties as Santa Rosa Police Officers.
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Honor Guard
Police Officers and a sergeant volunteer to serve on the Department's Honor Guard and Color Guard as a collateral duty.
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Hostage Negotiations Team
The goal of the Hostage Negotiations Team (HNT) is to resolve incidents requiring rapid negotiation intervention without the loss of life and before the situation necessitates a tactical response.
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Special Weapons & Tactics Team (SWAT)
The Santa Rosa Police Department's Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team was formed to assist the department in better responding to critical incidents that occur in the City.
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Traffic Bureau
The Traffic Bureau consists of three teams: the DUI Enforcement / Accident Investigation Team, the Motorcycle Traffic Enforcement Team, and the Downtown Enforcement Team (DET).
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Vehicle Technicians
The Santa Rosa Police Department currently employs 2 Vehicle Technicians who perform a wide variety of support services for the Field Services Division.
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Drone Program
The Santa Rosa Police Department is currently looking into owning and operating drones (also known as unmanned aerial system operations). Please check out our "Drone Program" page for information on our draft policy and operations manual as we will be looking at funding, procurement, training, certification and staffing in the coming months. We look forwarding to continuing to partner with the community as we work together on making Santa Rosa a safe place to live, work and play.