General Info

The El Cajon Police Department is a law enforcement agency that preserves peace, enforces laws and ordinances, protects resident s lives and properties and arrests law violators. The department has a patrol division that is responsible for the preliminary investigation of calls for service and crime. The El Cajon Police Department has a family protection unit that is responsible for matters related to domestic violence. The department operates a traffic division that works to reduce vehicle and pedestrian accidents. The El Cajon Police Department s investigation division handles gang, narcotic, vice and fugitive investigations. The department additionally operates animal control, records and special enforcement divisions.