The City of Austin provides a 24 hour police response and has twenty five Officers in its uniformed Patrol Division. Of those twenty five there are three Lieutenants, three Sergeants, and 2 two School Resource Officers. The Officers work one of three overlapping shifts.

The primary responsibility of the men and women who work in this division is to respond to citizens calls for assistance. This may involve criminal matters in progress such as domestic assaults, burglaries, thefts, and fights. It may also involve following up on such events after the fact. Our Officers also respond to non criminal matters such as medical emergencies, fires, car accidents, and civil disputes. Our School Resource Officers provide the same services with-in the school system.

The secondary responsibilities of this unit are to proactively patrol in order to  identify traffic violations, provide burglary patrol, and to be visible in problem areas.