The Patrol Division of the West Linn Police Department provides 24 hour, seven day per week uniformed patrol functions for the city. These duties included response to emergency and non-emergency calls, investigation of crime, enforcement of traffic laws, apprehend criminals, and maintain peace and order throughout our community.
Six Sergeants, who supervise twenty officers, one Community Service Officer and a Property Officer staff the division. Sergeants and officers work one of three shifts (Day, Swing, Graveyard), providing around the clock coverage. Typical deployment is one sergeant and three officers per shift, there is an overlap in the afternoon and evening when the shift changes occur, as Swing and Graveyard work a 4-10 hour shift, versus the day shift that work 5-8 hour shifts. Our service call volume is highest during the late afternoon to early evening.
Community Service Officers provide code compliance, animal control, and other services to the community.
In June 2007, the WLPD began the process of phasing out our black and white schemed patrol cars with a new all black car with updated graphics. This was done to reduce the cost for the cars, and overcome the 14-month waiting list for black and white cars from Ford.
Contact the WLPD with questions:
22825 Willamette Drive
West Linn, OR 97068
Telephone: 503-655-6214
Fax: 503-656-0319
Email: vlancaster@westlinnoregon.gov
