Patrol Division

Patrol Division is the backbone of the San Ramon Police Department. The Patrol Division is the most visible and what the community sees of our police department on a daily basis. The officers assigned to this division are courteous, compassionate, dedicated and responsive to the needs of the City of San Ramon. The primary function of the Patrol Division is to provide core police services to the community.

Patrol Division is responsible for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week response to citizen-initiated calls for service, in addition to officer-initiated activity. Some functions performed by the Patrol Division are preventive patrol, preliminary criminal investigations, traffic enforcement; and response to all emergency situations, accident investigations, animal control, and ensuring the safety and security in and around all school zones. The Patrol Division works closely in partnership with other SRPD units, governmental agencies, and community organizations to solve crime problems at the neighborhood level.

Twenty-seven officers provide the first response to calls for police assistance. Five sergeants, also known as Field Supervisors, provide leadership and training for all patrol officers. Patrol sergeants are responsible for all field operations and command critical incidents.

Patrol Division staffing is divided into five teams, with 4 to 5 officers and one sergeant on each of the three watches: Morning, Day and Swing.

The city is divided into five areas, known as “beats”, and police officers are assigned a beat every workday. To augment specific patrol duties, the Patrol Division utilizes a police service dog and his handler.

In 2006, SRPD officers responded to over 51,000 calls for service, wrote over 4,500 police reports, arrested over 800 suspects for various crimes, issued vehicle citations, and completed numerous field interview cards, thus providing protection and services to the community.

The Patrol Division continued to be proactive in dealing with those who commit crimes in our community. Of the 51,157 calls for service, over 26,819 were self-initiated contacts with the public. Self-initiated contacts include in-progress crimes reported by officers and traffic enforcement stops.

Patrol Division police officers are thoroughly trained to investigate a multitude of crimes. Officers receive ongoing training with CPR/First-Aid, firearms, self-defense, ethics, defensive driving, search and seizure, interviewing, testifying, and new state and federal laws. Through this training and in-service experience, patrol officers have the expertise and tools necessary to provide the highest quality police service to the citizens of San Ramon.

Members of the San Ramon Police Color Guard are a representation of officers of the San Ramon Police Department that present the Colors, National and State flags, at civic ceremonies in the community. The Color Guard, in conjunction with the San Ramon Fire Department Color Guard, have presented the National and State flags at events such as the City’s annual 4th of July festivities and the 9-11 Memorial ceremony.

Over the past seven years San Ramon Police Officers have raised over $75,000 for Special Olympics. They accomplished this through Tip-A-Cop, Billboard Sitting, and private donations. The Tip-A-Cop has been held at Chevy’s, Applebees, Chilis, and Back Forty restaurants. Officers, civilian staff, and other police volunteers assist waiters by serving food, drinks, cleaning tables, or just mingling with the public. It is a great opportunity for citizens to meet officers in a relaxed atmosphere. For liability reasons officers no longer actually sit on billboards advertising Special Olympics, but instead, work a busy traffic area holding buckets and signs advertising for Special Olympics. In 2005, San Ramon Police raised $12,961 for Special Olympics.

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