Patrol Division

(619) 476-5374

The Patrol Division provides quality law enforcement to the residents and visitors to the City of Chula Vista 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This uniformed division embraces the concept of Community Oriented Policing and strives to further enhance it's partnership with the community. Patrol division officers work 10-hour days, 4 days a week.

Supplementing the individual officers beat knowledge is the Tough On Crime (TOC) program. TOC develops information from the Crime Analysis Unit as well as information from Officers and Detectives, and then utilizes crime-mapping techniques to depict a picture of what is happening throughout the city in a simple and concise manner. This information allows Officers to be more aware of crime within the city and assists officers and supervisors in making informed patrol decisions.