City of Wichita - Patrol South Patrol South Main

The Patrol South Bureau substation is open 24-hours, 7 days a week, year round. A six officer team is assigned to each of the nine patrol beats. They include 4 beat officers, one SCAT officer and one officer serving as a community policing officer. The focus of the beat team is to assess the problems within the beat and work together with the community to develop and implement solutions to those problems.

Officers assigned to patrol are dispatched by 911 Emergency Communications and respond to emergencies and service calls. In addition they use information provided by the community policing officer to help implement tailored police services as well as assist with community policing activities.

The South Bureau's Community Policing Officers are based at 321 N Mead and can be reached at 462-2777. The community policing officer is responsible for collecting crime analysis and staffing information and meeting with the patrol officers, neighborhood associations, community groups, and others in order to coordinate police services that are tailored to the unique needs of the beat.

The enforcement unit of community policing is referred to as the Community Enforcement Unit / Special Community Action Team (S.C.A.T.). This unit specializes in street level drug and gang crimes.

Patrol South Crime Statistics

Type of Crime	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001
Murder	13	2	4	4	5	2	2
Rape	60	65	48	66	58	52	42
Individual Robbery	130	108	79	90	108	116	135
Business Robbery	28	47	34	55	50	62	51
Aggravated Assault Drive By	6	5	1	10	9	8	26
Residential Burglary	540	566	461	542	630	695	687
Non-Residential Burglary	342	325	389	339	315	326	412
Larceny	3,284	3,013	3,236	3,690	3,828	3,845	3,540
Auto Theft	598	469	669	897	929	513	463
Vandalism	1,974	1,964	1,718	2,022	1,939	1,939	1,944

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