Specialty Units

One of the benefits of working for the Sacramento Police Department is that we have all the career opportunities of a large city while still retaining the family environment of a smaller agency. After two years of service, officers are eligible to apply for openings in over 30 different specialty units. With this large number of specialty units to choose from, you can reach your career goals even faster with the Sacramento Police Department.

While officers are eligible for specialty units after two years of service, many choose to continue working in patrol. Patrol officers are also eligible to participate in ancillary duties such as Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Crisis Negotiation Team (CNT), Peer Support Unit, and Unmanned Aerial Systems Unit (UAS). Patrol officers can also be selected as Field Training Officers (FTO) and tasked with training new academy graduates as they begin their law enforcement careers!

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Our Specialty Units

Motor Unit
Motor Unit
Air Operations
Air Operations
Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD)
Bike Unit
Bike Unit
Uncrewed Aerial Systems
Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS)
K9
K9
SWAT
SWAT
Detective
Detective

Specialty Units Listed

  • Academy Training Staff
  • Advanced Officer Training
  • Air Operations
  • Auto Theft Unit 
  • ATF Liaison Officer
  • Backgrounds Investigator
  • Bike Patrol Officer
  • Burglary Detectives
  • Career Criminal Apprehension Team
  • Crime Analysis Unit
  • Criminal Intelligence Unit
  • Crisis Negotiations Team 
  • Digital Forensic Unit
  • Employee Services Unit
  • Entertainment Team
  • Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD)
  • Family Abuse Unit 
  • Felony Assaults Detectives
  • Field Training Unit
  • Force Investigations Team
  • Gang Investigations Unit
  • Homicide Detectives
  • Human Trafficking 
  • IMPACT Unit
  • Inspections and Standards Team
  • Internal Affairs
  • K9
  • Magnet Academy
  • Major Collision Investigations Unit
  • Marijuana Compliance Unit
  • Marine Unit
  • Mounted Unit
  • Nighttime Traffic Enforcement Team
  • Peer Support
  • Problem Oriented Policing Teams
  • Professional Standards Unit
  • Public Information Office
  • Real Time Information Center
  • Recruiting Unit
  • Robbery Detectives
  • Sex Assault/Child Abuse Detectives
  • Supplemental Employment Unit
  • Sustainment Team
  • Special Investigations Unit 
  • Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT)
  • Tactical Support Team
  • Traffic Enforcement (Motorcycle) Unit
  • Uncrewed Aerial Systems Unit
  • Violent Crime Reduction Team
  • Warrants/Missing Persons Unit