Commanding Officer Commander Joe Doulette

The Patrol Division is the largest and certainly the most visible division of the Police Department. It consists of 140 sworn Police Officers representing 70% of the Police Department.

The Patrol Division's principal duties and responsibilities are:

• To represent a positive and professional image of the city and of the Police Department to all persons.
• To promote trust, cooperation and respect for the Police Department within the community.
• To prevent violations of laws and ordinances.
• To arrest criminal offenders.
• To suppress civil disturbances.
• To conduct preliminary investigations at accidents and crime scenes.
• To give aid and information to all persons as required.

Ordinance Enforcement Division

A special unit of the Police Department Patrol Division, the officers of the Ordinance Division maintain Motor Carrier Enforcement, Ordinance Enforcement, Auto-Pound Coordinator Unit, Auto-Theft Recovery Unit, Parking Enforcement and Animal Control. This unit is under the Command of Sgt. Michael B. DeLaney.

Motor Carrier Unit

Motor Carrier Officers are assigned exclusively to maintain a constant vigilance over commercial vehicles for compliance of motor carrier regulations. They check commercial vehicles for size, weight, equipment, cargo securement and driver qualification to insure safe operation of these vehicles. The officers work closely with Michigan State Police and receive constant training on changes and requirements as they relate to the operation of commercial vehicles. They are also responsible for inspection of city licensed vehicles for hire. Motor Carrier Officers also perform numerous other functions within the department and are a vital part of the department. 313.943.2294.

Ordinance Enforcement Unit / Animal Control Unit

These Officers inspect for accuracy all commercial measuring devices to ensure their accuracy as well as checking business licenses, signage regulations, etc. They also patrol the city streets and respond to calls regarding stray animals and remove injured and deceased animals. 313.943.2077 or 313.943.2079.

Parking Enforcement Unit

These Officers are solely responsible for any parking related violation. They patrol city streets and parking lots looking for parking violators and respond to dispatched calls for related complaints. These Officers work closely with the Abandoned Vehicle Officer to enforce nuisance and abandoned vehicles in the city. These officers also assist police officers with traffic control and other non-emergency situations. 313.943.2294.

Abandoned Vehicle Enforcement/Auto-Pound Coordinator Unit

This Officer is assisted by the Motor Carrier Unit and routinely tags and removes junked, nuisance and abandoned vehicles from city streets, alleys, and parking lots. This officer is very active in this function and works closely with Building & Safety Department and other city departments to keep Dearborn clear of these neglected vehicles. This unit is also responsible for processing all impounded vehicles by department officers and administers 2 monthly public auctions of impounded, impounded and seized vehicles. Residents who wish to report a potentially abandoned vehicle are encouraged to call this unit at 313.943.2259.

Auto-Theft Recovery Unit

This officer is responsible for processing all stolen vehicle reports as well as recovery of stolen vehicles within the city. This officer works closely with the Detective Bureau in handling these vehicles and insures that procedures are followed and that owner's are notified when their vehicle has been recovered by Dearborn PD or other police agencies. 313.943.3018.

Dearborn Animal Shelter

The Friends for the Dearborn Animal Shelter (FFDAS) have the responsibility for the direct care, feeding, and placement of animals. All stray animals from Dearborn are taken to the animal shelter and can be adopted be any Dearborn resident for a nominal fee. 313.943.2077. www.dearborn-animals.com.

S.W.A.T. Team - Consists of 16 specially trained members that are on call any hour for high-risk situations. The S.W.A.T. Team specializes in arrest team tactics, extraction tactics, less lethal deployment, entry tactics, distraction tactics, counter sniper operations, and dignitary protection.

Evidence Technicians - These officers are specially trained in photography, evidence collection, latent fingerprint collection and crime scene processing.

Defensive Tactics Team (Support Services Division) - This team is made up of officers specially trained to instruct weapon deployments, tactical searches, ground fighting, defensive tactics, force continuum, pressure point control techniques, tactical formations, use of collapsible batons, training in chemical agent use and building searches.

Field Training Officers (Patrol) - Carefully selected officers who train the newly hired police recruits. These officers are selected for their outstanding professional attributes, technical and tactical proficiency, and must represent the highest caliber of officers of the Dearborn Police Department.
Canine (K-9) Unit - Currently comprised of four dogs and four handlers. The K-9 units have been trained as Police Utility Dogs.

Explosive Ordinance Team – All team members are FBI/US Army trained in bomb disposal.

Lockup Operation (Jail Facilities) - The Dearborn Police Department maintains a lockup of 44 jail cells for all persons arrested within our jurisdictions. We also house lodgers for the Department of Immigration and Naturalization.