City of Lewisville Assistant Chief Taylor

The Patrol Operations Bureau contains sworn and civilian employees assigned to the Patrol Division, Traffic Unit, Fleet Management, and Training (including the Lewisville Police Academy). This bureau is under the command of Assistant Chief Todd Taylor. Chief Taylor is a graduate of the University of North Texas with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology. He began employment with the Lewisville Police Department on February 17, 1993. During his tenure, Todd has worked as a Patrol Officer, Criminal Investigator, Neighborhood Resource Officer, Patrol Sergeant, Neighborhood Resource Officer Sergeant, Patrol Lieutenant, Criminal Investigations Captain and Patrol Captain. he served on the SWAT Team from 1996 to 2004. Todd has graduated from the FBI National Academy.

Patrol Division

The Patrol Division responds to calls for service and provides a wide variety of police services. Commanded by Captain Jay Powell, the Patrol Division provides 24-hour service, 365 days a year through four patrol shifts. A Traffic Unit is also assigned to the Patrol Division. The Traffic Unit supervised by Sgt. Paul Barron contains 10 sworn officers.

In order to provide a balanced and timely response to calls for service as well as preventative patrol, the City is divided into four geographic patrol districts. Each district is made up of several beats and staffed according to current crime trends and calls for police service.

The City is divided into four geographical areas or districts (District 1,2,3 and 4). Within each district there are four beats (Ex. 101,102,103, & 104). Police commanders may elect to assign a police officer to each individual beat within a district or any combination of one officer per two beats, three beats and so on depending on the particular shift, day or week, or special considerations within that beat. Within the beats are smaller reporting grids or IRAs (individual reporting area). The grids have remained stable for the past several years to allow for comparison of data, past to present.

The map below demonstrates this concept. To find which beat your residence or business is in, simply locate that on the map and find the corresponding beat number.

K-9 Section

The Canine Unit is comprised of Officer Shane Menz and his police service dog, Immo. Our award-winning canine unit is available to the police department to detect narcotics and to track missing persons and eluding suspect. As one might suspect, these two "partners" become very close and provide an excellent resource to other Lewisville Police officers in the course of their normal duties. This unit is under the command of Captain Jay Powell of the Patrol Division. Captain Powell can be reached at (972) 219-3612 or by email.

SWAT Tactical Team

The Lewisville Police Department is proud to provide its citizens with a fully-functioning Tactical Team capable of responding to virtually any emergency we are likely to encounter in a modern, urban environment. Members of the team train together on a regular basis in addition to performing their regular police duties. Tactical Team officers come from a wide variety of assignments from motorcycle officers to detectives to school resource officer, all are committed to serving their community to the best of their ability. The officers of the Lewisville Police Department Tactical Team have adopted a motto that reflects the degree of care they exercise when performing their mission.

Training

The Lewisville Police Department has its own police academy approved by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Education (TCLEOSE). This enables the department to provide in-service to all its police officers. TCLEOSE mandates that each peace officer receive a minimum of 80 hours in a training cycle and each cycle consists of two training units. Officers must receive at least 40 hours of training during each training unit. Certain legislatively mandated courses must be completed during the training cycle. The Training Unit is administered by Officer Alvin Bilby. He may be reached from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday at (972) 219-3608 or by e-mail. Officer Bilby is also responsible for the Citizen Police Academy Program. Please follow the link to the left to learn more about this program.

Public Information Unit

The Public Information Unit provides information and data on police department activity in form of Press Releases and statements to members of the print and electronic media. You may reach the Administration Office between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday at (972) 219-3610.

Police Department Tours

The Police Department does permit tours of the police facility by appointment only. It is a great outing for local civic and community groups. Interested groups (Third grade students and older, please.) will be able to view the Communications Center, the Briefing Room, and a Police car. For more information, contact Captain Jay Powell at (972) 219-3612, or by email.

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