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9105 Northwest 25th Street
Doral, FL 33172-1500 USA
Phone: 305-471-2620
Fax: 305-471-2614
Email: usdinfo@mdpd.com
Chief: Willie B. Marshall
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Entities Under Direct Supervision of the Uniform Services Division:
The Uniform Services Division (USD) is responsible for police services for the Miami International Airport and surrounding areas; Port of Miami; Jackson Memorial Hospital and the Metrorail and Metro mover Stations. USD is also responsible for all the Departmental community programs, i.e. Drug Awareness and Resistance Education (DARE), Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT), Citizen Volunteer Program, Citizen Police Academy, Police Athletic League, School Crossing Guard Program and the newly launched Gun Bounty Program.
USD also provided specialized (countywide) services, such as the Special Response Team, Bomb Squad, Canine Unit, Aviation Unit, Marine Patrol, Motorcycle Unit, and the Special Events Unit. These units are responsible for conducting routine sea and air patrol, performing search and rescue, conducting specialized traffic enforcement, investigating non-fatal hit and run crashes, conducting canine patrol and explosives searches, providing dignitary protection, managing and coordinating police services at special events, providing assistance during the service of high-risk warrants, resolving incidents involving barricaded subjects and hostage situations, and coordinating police response to civil unrest and demonstrations.
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