The Operations Support Bureau is responsible for a variety of support units, including the Traffic Services Section, Canine Unit, Special Assignments Unit, Neighborhood Action Team, the Special Assignments Unit (SAU), the Crisis Negotiations Team (CNT), and the Neighborhood Action Team (NAT). In addition, Operations Support Bureau is also responsible for special event planning and coordination.

Traffic Services Section

The Traffic Services Section (TSS) is responsible for various traffic functions, including investigation of traffic collisions (serious and fatal collisions), responding to traffic complaints, collision reduction enforcement, DUI investigation/enforcement, commercial vehicle inspections and traffic collision analysis.

TSS is comprised of one motorcycle sergeant, eight motorcycle officers, one commercial motor vehicle inspector and one police services officer. Learn more about TSS...

Commercial Enforcement Unit

The Commercial Enforcement Unit (CEU) is responsible for various functions, including assisting Patrol Services with calls for service in the commercial and entertainment related areas of the city and promoting a safe environment for the patrons, owners and employees of commercial businesses through enforcement and education.  Duties include:

• Liquor Enforcement- Citywide

• Underage Consumption in Commercial Areas, Bar Checks

• Liquor Inspections, Public Intoxication

• Vehicle theft and burglary suppression

• Crime detection/ interdiction- Hotels

• Business related burglary detection

• Holiday patrols/enforcement

• Special Event/ Concerts/ Spring Training

K9 Unit

The Peoria Police Department’s K9 Unit was reinstated in August 2005, after a brief suspension following the retirement of the former police dog, Caesar. The new K9 Unit has two sworn officers and two police service dogs. The dogs, Bo and Sammy, are Belgian Malinois - a breed known for its intense drive and physical endurance.

The function of the K9 unit is to assist officers in their search for hidden suspects and locate articles or evidence of a crime, including the presence of narcotics and/or explosives. Police dogs can run at speeds up to 35mph and have an incredible sense of smell – up to 1 million times stronger than the human sense of smell. These characteristics make our police dogs an invaluable asset to the Department, its officers and the public.

Special Assignments Unit

The Special Assignments Unit (SAU) was formed in 1998 and is a fully functional tactical emergency response team. The team is comprised of both an entry and containment team, including a Police Counter Marksmen Team and the Police Service Dog team.

Officers serving on the SAU are highly trained and proficient in the necessary skills required for the handling of critical situations to include high-risk warrant service, barricades, hostage rescue tactics and dangerous felon apprehensions. All members assigned to the SAU are devoted to the prevention of loss of life, the protection of the citizens they serve and the officers they support through the use of sound planning, deployment, training and operational professionalism.

Crisis Negotiation Team (CNT)

The Crisis Negotiations Team provides specially trained negotiators in crisis situations such as suicidal subjects, barricade suspects, and hostage situations in order to bring the crisis situation to a peaceful conclusion without the loss of life or bodily harm to all parties involved. The team is compromised of a Lieutenant, two Sergeants and five Officers.

Neighborhood Action Team

The Neighborhood Action Team (NAT) was formed in 1997 to provide a proactive approach to problem-solving in an effort to improve the quality of life for the citizens of Peoria. NAT was established to specifically concentrate their efforts in the area of Community Oriented Policing (COP) on a daily basis. NAT is designed to be the focal point within the Department for COP.

NAT has dual responsibilities; to respond to calls for service during peak hours of activity and to identify and cultivate COP projects during non-demand periods for service. Officers assigned to NAT are able to spend a large portion of their daily shifts addressing specific community problems, attending community meetings and identifying areas where repeat calls for service that are non-priority in nature occur. By identifying these areas, NAT is able to problem-solve the cause of the calls and help to alleviate the issue, thus freeing patrol officers to conduct other duties.

Animal Control

The City of Peoria and the Peoria Police Department are dedicated to providing the best possible service to the citizens of Peoria. In fact, the Police Department’s Animal Control Unit was created as a result of this dedication. City leaders recognized long ago that without providing local animal care and control services, Peoria residents would be served by a centralized county-wide system that has limited resources to deal with animals across the valley, and simply is not able to provide the level of service that Peoria’s Animal Control Unit offers.

Staffed with three full-time Animal Control Officers, the Unit responds to calls of animals disturbing, loose animals, animal cruelty cases, injured animals, and a host of other situations involving domesticated animals. Peoria’s Animal Control Officers are civilian employees authorized to investigate and enforce the Peoria City Codes pertaining to animals.

Our Animal Control Personnel are dedicated to providing humane treatment for all animals in their care, and each officer receives specialized training by the National Animal Control Association in animal safety, handling, first aid, apprehension techniques, and capture equipment. Based on our documented patterns of service calls, the unit is assigned to work shifts seven days a week, and their hours range from 7am to 10pm most days.