Inside SJPD - Department Information
The San Jose Police Department is administered by a command staff including the Chief, Assistant Chief and four Deputy Chiefs, presiding over an Operations Command divided into four Bureaus. (View the Organization Chart)
SJPD employs more than 1100 sworn officers in 4 Bureaus comprised of 11 divisions with more than 61 specialized Units and assignments.
Chief Of Police
Chris Moore
Assistant Chief Of Police
Rikki Goede
Over 60 Specialized Units & Assignments (Click to expand and view the list)
Over 60 Specialized Units & Assignments
- 290 (Sex Offenders) Registration Team
- Air Support (Helicopter/Fixed Wing)
- Airport Police
- Assaults Unit
- Auto Theft Detail (vehicle crimes)
- Backgrounds Unit
- Bomb Squad
- Bureau Of Field Ops - Administration Unit
- Burglary Unit
- Canine Unit
- Child Exploits
- City Attorney Investigator Detail
- Court Liaison Unit
- Covert Response Unit
- Crime Analysis
- Crime Prevention
- Crime Scene Unit
- Crisis Management Unit
- DEA (Drug Task Force)
- Downtown Entertainment District (CMD)
- Family Violence Unit
- Field Training Program
- Financial Crimes Unit (Fraud)
- Gaming Unit
- Gang Investigations Unit
- Graffiti Abatement Unit
- Homicide Unit
- Intelligence Unit
- Internal Affairs
- Juvenile Unit
- MERGE Unit (SWAT team)
- Mayor's Security Detail
- Metro Unit (includes bicycle patrol)
- Missing Persons Unit
- Mounted Unit
- Night General Detectives
- Patrol (14 divisions)
- Permits Unit
- Police Academy
- Police Activities League (PAL)
- Police Personnel
- Pre-Processing Center
- Range
- RATTF (Bay Area Auto Theft Task Force)
- Recruiting Unit
- Research & Development
- Reserve Police Unit
- Robbery Unit
- School Liaison Unit
- Secondary Employment Unit
- Sexual Assaults Unit
- Systems Development
- Tactical Negotiator
- Terrorism Early Warning Group Traffic
- Enforcement Unit
- Traffic Investigations (vehicle crimes)
- Training Unit
- Vice Squad
- Video Unit
- Warrants/Fugitives Unit