Department Structure

The South Lake Tahoe Police Department has a jurisdictional area of approximately 13 square miles on the California / Nevada state line. About five of these miles include the waters of Lake Tahoe. We currently have 40 sworn positions. There are 10 civilian support personnel. In addition to this, we have a Reserve Officer program, and a highly decorated Explorer Scout post affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America. We operate under the philosophy of Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving. Our agency fields a host of specialized collateral assignments. Included among these are the Detective Investigations bureau, the SLEDNET drug task force, boat patrol, K-9 detail, SWAT team, Crisis Negotiation Team, Field Training Officers, Honor Guard detail, and others. Our standard patrol vehicles are the Chevy Tahoe SUV and Chevy Impala sedans.

 

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