Patrol is staffed with five Sergeants who supervise fifteen officers. Shift manpower is determined by time of day and anticipated workload. These officers are all full-time employees who have graduated from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy. They patrol, with cruisers and a motorcycle, an area of fifty-three square miles, divided into three zones. This includes residential and commercial areas. The town is also a coastal community with a large increase in population during the summer months. Officers handled a total of 23,227 calls for service during 2002.

Officers are also involved in different specialty areas including; K-9 , Accident Reconstruction, Honor Guard, Special Response Team, Bike Patrol, and Community Policing. These duties make take place during a shift or in addition to it. Officers also have the opportunity to work outside jobs for overtime. These include, but are not limited to, providing a police presence at Scarborough Downs Harness Racing Facility and Beech Ridge Motor Speedway.

The department also employs approximately thirty reserve officers. These officers are all required to complete a one hundred-hour training course before working in uniform. These officers ride as second officers in patrol cars on a voluntary basis. They also work at various outside jobs for pay.