| Tucson Police Department (TPD) | |
| Common name | Metro |
| Abbreviation | TPD |
| Patch of the Tucson Police Department (TPD). | |
| Logo of the Tucson Police Department (TPD). | |
| Motto | Ready To Protect Proud To Serve |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1871 |
| Employees | 932 sworn 432 patrol officers 338 civilian |
| Annual budget | 1.5million |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | City of Tucson in the county of Pima, USA |
| Legal jurisdiction | City of Tucson |
| General nature |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | 270 S. Stone Ave Tucson, AZ 85701 |
| Agency executive | Roberto Villaseñor, Chief of Police |
| Facilities | |
| Area Commands | 8 |
| Airbases | 1 |
| Detention Centers | 1 |
| Marked and Unmarked Cars | Ford Crown Victoria |
| Website | |
| Tucson Police Website | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Tucson Police Department is the law enforcement agency responsible for the city of Tucson, Arizona. TPD(Tucson Police Department) has a total 932 police officers compared to 960 in the 1990s. Tucson Police has suffered a great amount of budget cuts and federal funding. TPD (Tucson Police Department) has a total of 432 sworn police patrol officers on duty, with 42 bike police officers that patrol downtown Tucson.
Operation division - South Also known as Santa Cruz substation is a police substation for the Tucson Police Department. The operation division South is home to 167 police officers and detectives.
Operation division - West Operation division west provides police service for North west portion of the city of Tucson. This division is home to eleven (11) patrol squads including the bike police officers with the Operation division downtown anti gang and graffiti squad.
Operation division - Midtown Operation Division Midtown is a 44 square mile police station in central Tucson. This station houses 12 patrol squads with one (1) captain and six (6) sergeants.
Operation division - Downtown Operation division downtown is home to the chief of police, and fifty (50) police patrol officers and 7 bike patrol officers, one (2) captains, two (2) lieutenants, six (6) sergeants five (5) detectives, and three (3) motorcycle patrol officers witch are assign to the central traffic division witch all 8 motorcycle police officers patrol the city of Tucson. Also housed in the central station are three (3) marshals and four (4) community service officers.
Operation division - East Operation division East is the largest division in the city limits of Tucson covering 120 square miles of the Tucson city limits. The operation division East is compromised of about 101 officers with seven (7) sergeants and one (1) Capetian.
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