Police Officer

The Los Alamos Police Department has 39 sworn Police Officers. We really embrace the aspect of community policing which is part of the reason we have such great relationships with our community members and our citizens which we serve. Our commitment has resulted in continued historically low crime rates and a 96% positive feeling of safety for Los Alamos County residents in the latest community survey.

Patrol

The Operations Section is comprised of four Patrol Shifts. Each shift is comprised of six sworn Law Enforcement Officers including one Patrol Sergeant. Two shifts are day shifts; A and C teams, and two shifts are night shifts; B and D teams. Each patrol team works 12 hour shifts, either 0600-1800 hours or 1800-0600 hours. The patrol teams have a four day on four day off work schedule.

Patrol officers respond to approximately 15,000 – 18,000 calls for service per year, and conduct around 1,000 case reports annually. Because of the influx of commuters from the laboratory during the work week, traffic enforcement is a major concern and focus for the patrol officers.

Criminal Investigations

The Criminal Investigations Department is comprised of four detectives, one Sergeant and three detectives. All detectives undergo further specialized training in the following areas; evidence collection, child abuse, undercover drug operations, interview & interrogation, cell phone forensic data collection, and specialized training related to death and homicide.

The CID section is dedicated to conducting thorough investigations on any criminal cases they are investigating, to seek justice for the victims.

Community Liaison

The Los Alamos Police Department’s Community Liaison Unit (CLU) consists of five officers, one sergeant and four officers assigned to Los Alamos Public Schools serving as the school resource officers (SRO's).

There is one officer assigned to Los Alamos High School, one officer assigned to Los Alamos Middle School, and the three other officers split time working with the five elementary schools. Establishing positive relationships with students, parents, and school staff, starts at the elementary schools and continues as students advance their academic career.

One major events the CLU conducts annually is Safety Town. Safety Town is a week-long educational program for entering kindergarteners, that teaches children important safety topics like, fire safety, wild animal safety, bicycle safety and gun safety to name a few.