Inside the Thomaston Police Department

The Patrol Division

Patrol maintains social order through enforcement of laws, timely response to calls for service, preliminary investigation of criminal offenses, apprehension of offenders, enforcement of traffic and parking laws, furtherance of crime prevention efforts through interaction with citizens, and a deterrent presence.
Staffed with 6 officers and 3 patrol sergeants, Bicycle, Parking Control and Public Service Officer units in addition to four Patrol shifts. Patrol shifts are non-rotating and consist of three, eight and a half-hour shifts, the Day Shift (6:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.), Evening Shift (2:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.), and Night Shift (10:30 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.), as well as one eight-hour Flex Shift (only in the summer months 6:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m.). Each shift is comprised of multiple squads assigned to geographic zones within the town.
Sergeants lead each squad and a Lieutenant command each shift. Patrol officers each have their own marked car. Accident Investigation officers investigate fatal or potentially fatal traffic collisions and follow up on hit-and- run accidents. This unit is staffed by a combination of officers assigned full-time to the Accident Investigation office and those who work full-time as Patrol shift officers but respond as needed to serious collisions. All are specially trained to calculate the different forces and reactions associated with collisions.