Specialized Units

The Metropolitan Police Department operates a number of units that assist the general public and other law enforcement agencies. The following list provides you with links to those units, hours of operation, and useful information.

• Arrest and Criminal History Section (Police Clearances)
• Asian Liaison Unit  
• Civil Rights and Force Investigations Branch
• Communications, Office of
• Community Outreach
• Corporate Support Bureau
• Deaf and Hard of Hearing Liaison Unit
• Diversity and Equal Employment Opportunity Compliance Branch
• Domestic Violence Unit
• Evidence Control Branch
• Family Liaison Specialist Unit
• Financial Crimes and Fraud Unit
• Firearms and Fingerprint Examination Division
• Firearms Registration Unit
• Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit (GLLU)
• Grants Unit
• Harbor Patrol
• Human Resource Management
• Internal Affairs Bureau
• Latino Liaison Unit
• La Unidad de Enlace Latino
• Major Case Victims Unit
• Metropolitan Police Academy, Maurice T. Turner Jr.
• Patrol Services and School Security Bureau
• Policy Development Branch
• Research and Analytical Services Division
• Sex Assault Unit  
• Special Liaison Branch
• Security Officers Management Branch  
• Strategic Services Bureau
• Testing and Assessment Branch
• Victim Services Branch
• Victim Specialists Unit
• Youth Investigations Branch