Uniform Patrol is the backbone of the Police Department and the most visible in the community. Uniform Patrol officers work a 12-hour shift schedule working from either 6:00 am - 6:00 pm or 6:00 pm - 6:00 am. Uniform

Patrol officers utilize a variety of skills, training, tools, and techniques to address criminal activity, quality of life concerns, traffic problems, and emergencies. A patrol officer's day-to-day tasks may include writing reports, conducting traffic investigations, issuing citations, making arrests, calming unrest, conducting preliminary criminal investigations, and interacting with the community.

Uniform Patrol officers also engage in proactive patrols in between calls for service. Proactive patrols may include traffic stops, suspicious activity checks, directed patrols based on intelligence or statistical data, and preventative premise checks. Officers are usually assigned to specific areas of the city. These areas are called Zones. This helps maintain proper geographical response coverage across the city. The Uniform Patrol division is comprised of several smaller subsections..