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Patrol Duties |
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The primary duties of the Patrol
 Officer are to enforce and uphold
the criminal and traffic laws of and for the City of Glenwood
Springs and the State of Colorado. Unlike other police
departments, Patrol Officers are not assigned a specific task
or area inside the city limits. Patrol Officers will respond
to calls for service, enforce traffic laws, and utilize proactive policing methods throughout the
entire city limits of Glenwood Springs.
Patrol Officers have several methods of performing their duties.
Similar to most police departments, Glenwood Springs Police Department
uses traditional methods of law
enforcement
including vehicle and foot
patrol. We also offer bicycle
patrol, motorcycle patrol, and unmarked vehicle patrol to perform
regular proactive law enforcement duties, as well as assist with special
events such as
Strawberry Days, and
Summer of Jazz.
An officer performing bicycle patrol will find that
there are several advantages to using the bicycle. The officer
will be able to access areas that a patrol vehicle cannot, the
officer will have more stealth and mobility during downtown patrol
at night; and the officer will be more easily approached by the
public.
If the Patrol Officer has a motorcycle endorsement on his or her
driver's license, then the officer will have available the use of the Department's on/off road motorcycle. The
2007 Kawasaki KLR650, fully equipped with LED lights,
siren, and a handheld radar unit, offers the ability for the officer to reach areas that
are not accessible to a patrol vehicle. The officer can still
respond to calls and conduct traffic enforcement. The
motorcycle allows the Officer to
quickly reach any part of town where as the
officer's speed would be limited on a bicycle.
The Patrol Officer will also have some access to the department's 5
unmarked patrol vehicles. These vehicles offer the Patrol
Officer the ability to enforce traffic laws, perform surveillance,
patrol problem areas, as well as perform proactive law enforcement
functions in a low profile manner.
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