Uniform Patrol Division

Responsibilities

The Patrol Division is divided up into four squads and each squad consists of a supervisor, an assistant supervisor, and officers. 

The Patrol Division is responsible for responding to calls for service, conducting traffic enforcement, enforcing the various criminal laws of the State of South Carolina, the city’s municipal ordinances, and conduct proactive crime prevention. The patrol division are the initial responders of the department when an incident has occurred that requires law enforcement intervention. Along with enforcing the various criminal and traffic laws, the patrol division actively conducts code enforcement that targets quality of life violations. The police department has divided the city into three zones and each officer works a respective zone while on-duty. The zone assignments allow our officers to get to know the residents of that zone, work to identify the problems in those areas and work to a resolution, and this zone model decreases police response times.

Lt. Jermaine Johnson oversees the Patrol division and it’s day-to-day operations.  Some of the responsibilities in commanding the Patrol Division are:

• Manage Personnel
• Scheduling
• Personnel Equipment (uniforms, issues items)
• Assists the Chief in Administration of Police Patrol Budget