Traffic Unit

Traffic unit officers are responsible for enforcing Florida's Uniform Traffic Laws, investigation of vehicle crashes and providing traffic control and escorts for VIP motorcades, as well as community activities such as parades, funeral escorts and other assignments that may arise.  Its main purpose is to reduce traffic crashes, injuries and fatalities related to crashes and to facilitate the safe and expeditious flow of vehicular and pedestrian traffic through education and enforcement of state and local traffic regulations.

The members of this unit are tasked with patrolling in marked and unmarked police vehicles and police motorcycles, specifically targeting drivers violating traffic laws and who may be under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs and aggressive-driving offenders.

These officers receive specialized training in the investigation of serious bodily injury crashes and may receive additional training in the investigation and reconstruction of fatality-involved crashes. Traffic unit officers undertake directed area patrol assignments that target high-frequency crash locations, chronic speed locations, along with common roadways frequently used by drivers potentially driving under the influence.

This unit is a full-time assignment that includes traffic enforcement. Additional specialized duties for qualified traffic officers include traffic homicide investigations and police motorcycle unit.