The Chief of Police is responsible for administering and managing the Centralia Police Department.
There are three (3) divisions in the Police Department as follows:
Administrative Division:
- Warrants
- Protection orders
- Records management
- Records requests
- All other functions dealing with records retention, destruction, and distribution.
Special Services Division:
- JNET
- Detectives
- Court Security
- SRO
- Evidence
- CSOs
- Accreditation
- Safe Place
- Crime Prevention
Field Services Division:
- Patrol
- Training
- Equipment
- FTO Program
- CRU/Negotiators
- Range and Firearms
- Reserves