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- Air Support (Helicopter/Fixed Wing)
- Airport Police
- Assaults Unit
- Auto Theft Detail (vehicle crimes)
- Backgrounds Unit
- BART Transit Center Patrol Unit
- Body Worn Camera Unit
- Bomb Squad
- Budget - Personnel Unit
- Bureau Of Field Ops - Administration Unit
- Burglary Prevention Unit
- Burglary Unit
- Cannabis Regulation
- Canine Unit
- Central Identification Unit (Fingerprint Analysis)
- Central Supply
- Ceremonial Unit (Honor Guard)
- Child Exploits (ICAC) Internet Crimes Against Children
- City Attorney Investigator Detail
- Communications - Dispatch Operations
- Community Service Officer (CSO)
- Court Liaison Unit
- Covert Response Unit (CRU)
- Creative Services Unit
- Crime Analysis
- Crime Intelligence Data Center
- Crime Prevention
- Crime Scene Unit
- Crisis Management Unit
- DEA (Drug Task Force)
- Downtown Services Unit (DSU)
- Family Violence Unit /Elder Abuse/Threat Management
- Field Training Program
- Financial Crimes Unit (Fraud)
- Gaming Unit
- Gang Investigations Unit
- Human Trafficking Unit
- Homicide Unit
- Information Desk (Front Lobby)
- Intelligence Unit
- Internal Affairs
- Juvenile Unit
- Mayor's Security Detail
- Media Relations Unit (PIO)
- MERGE Unit (SWAT team)
- Metro Unit
- Missing Persons Unit
- Northern California Regional Intelligence Center (NCRIC)
- Patrol (17 districts)
- Permits Unit
- Photo Lab
- Police Academy
- Police Activities League (PAL)
- Police Personnel
- Press Information Officer (PIO)
- Property Warehouse
- Range
- RATTF (Bay Area Auto Theft Task Force)
- Records & Support Services
- Recruiting Unit
- Research & Development
- Reserve Police Unit
- Robbery Unit
- School Liaison Unit
- School Safety Unit
- Secondary Employment Unit
- Sexual Assaults Unit
- Special Events Team
- Special Victims Unit
- Systems Development
- Tactical Negotiator
- Traffic Enforcement Unit (Motors)
- Traffic Investigations (vehicle crimes)
- Training Unit
- UAS Remote Pilot in Command
- Vice Squad
- Video Unit
- Violent Crimes Enforcement Team (VCET)
- Web Systems Unit