Universal City Police Department

The Universal City Police Department in Bexar County, Texas, sums up its core values of transparency, integrity, trust, empathy and excellence with the acronym TRAITE. Patrol officers work four shifts for 24-hour coverage, handling emergency and routine calls, traffic enforcement, crash investigations, crime prevention and community service. Detectives take over cases patrol opens, keep an investigator on call for scenes at any hour, study crime patterns, prepare cases for trial and guard the chain of custody for evidence. An 11-week Citizens Police Academy lets residents and shop owners see how the department works. A city ordinance adopted on May 19, 2009, bars people registered under Tex. Code Crim. Proc. ch. 62 from living within 1,000 feet of schools, child care sites and parks and from loitering near child safety zones. Records staff sell crash reports for $6 and incident reports by the page, and alarm, solicitor and parade permits are issued. Warrants can be paid at the Municipal Court, by mail, by phone or online, and residents leaving town can request extra patrol.