Police: Operations - Patrol

To support the City of Rochester’s Mission, Vision, and Values by managing the Patrol Sections

Critical Processes:

• Protects life and property
• Protects constitutional guarantees of all people
• Conducts preventive patrol
• Reduces opportunities for commission of crime, works to resolve conflicts and proactively address disputes, identifies criminal offenders and criminal activity, and apprehends offenders
• Conducts periodic reviews of patrol activities to analyze crime patterns, current disputes, and response strategies
• Works with neighborhood Police-Citizen Interaction Committees (PCIC) to develop targeted crime prevention and response programs
• Focuses on the well-being of the city's youth, working collaboratively with various department commands, school officials, and other agencies to prevent and reduce youth crime and victimization
• During summer months, works collaboratively with other departments and organizations involved in student programs
• Plans responses to unusual occurrences or emergency incidents

Critical Processes:

• Investigates all categories of crime
• Conducts thorough preliminary and follow-up investigations
• Protects constitutional guarantees of all people
• Reduces opportunities for commission of crime, works to solve crime and proactively identify disputes, identifies criminal offenders and criminal activity, and apprehends offenders
• Conducts periodic reviews of investigative activities to analyze crime patterns, current disputes, and response strategies
• Focuses on the quality of investigations by aiming to reduce errors
• Orients investigations towards crime prevention as well as towards the solution of crime

Critical Processes:

• Coordinates all police activities at cultural and special events, including assessing logistical requirements, traffic and crowd control plans, contingency plans, and coordination of all intra- and inter-departmental personnel