PATROL DIVISION

The members of the Leawood Police Department's Patrol Division perform the "meat and potatoes" work of law enforcement.

Easily the most visible of the department's many units, the patrol division's three groups of officers are on duty 24 hours a day, 7 days a week spread throughout the city in their black and white patrol cars. The patrol division's work cycle is divided into three shifts: days (7 a.m. to 3 p.m.), evenings (3  to 11 p.m.) and midnights (11 p.m. to 7 a.m.). Officers bid to determine their shift and remain on that shift for three months before another round of bidding. Officers may not spend more than 6 months on a shift before they need to rotate to a different shift.

Each patrol shift is managed by a sergeant and includes a corporal; a master patrol officer; a field training officer, selected to supervise the on-the-job training of all newly hired officers; an evidence technician, a specialist in processing physical evidence at crime scenes; and five or six other patrol officers.

In addition to their patrol responsibilities, members of the patrol division also have individual specialties including: Firearms Instructor, ASP Baton Instructor, Taser Instructor, OC Instructor, Armorer, Police Marksman, Identity Theft Specialist, CPR Instructor, Emergency Vehicle Operations Instructors, Critical Incident Peer Counselors, Swift water Rescue, and Drug & Gang Specialists.

On any given day, Leawood patrol officers in any of the city's three zones may respond to reports of thefts in progress, injury accidents and other criminal investigations, or pursue self-initiated enforcement of traffic and other laws.

PATROL SUPERVISORS

Sgt. Kevin Cauley has been a member of the Leawood Police Department since 1992. He spent one year on loan to the Johnson County Sheriff's Department as an undercover narcotics investigator and has completed the Drug Enforcement Administration's Narcotics School. Sgt. Cauley also served as a Field Training Officer and as one of the department's Drug and Gang Specialists before being promoted to Sergeant in December of 2004. In addition to supervising a patrol crew, Sgt. Cauley is in charge of the police officer career development program and the Field Training Officer program. Sgt. Cauley is a 2006 graduate of the Southern Police Institute. Contact Sgt. Cauley by e-mail.

Sgt. Brad Robbins joined the Leawood Police Department in 1995. Prior to being promoted to Sergeant in March of 2006 he served as a Field Training Officer and as an OC/Pepper Spray Instructor. Besides supervising his patrol shift, Sgt. Robbins also supervises the department's Canine Unit and is the lead CPR Instructor for the department. Sgt. Robbins has a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Kansas and in 2001 served as a report writing instructor at the Johnson County Regional Police Academy. Contact Sgt. Robbins by e-mail.

Sgt. Tayne Smith is the Leawood Police Department's longest tenured officer, having first joined the department in 1980. A sergeant since 1990, Sgt. Smith started with the department as its first Public Service Officer before being hired as a police officer. He has served the department as a photography specialist and as the Professional Standards Officer. Sgt. Smith is a past recipient of the Metropolitan Chiefs Association's Silver Award for Valor. Contact Sgt. Smith by e-mail