The South Pasadena Police Department is composed of 35 sworn officers, including captains, sergeants and the chief of police, and 15 non-sworn personnel. The department is augmented with an additional 30 reserve police officers. Patrol Sergeants have Neighborhood Oriented Policing (NOP) responsibilities: Officers under the supervision of Sergeants Robert Bartl, Tony Abdalla, Craig Cooper, and Brian Solinsky patrol the city. The four patrol sergeants report to the Field Services Division Captain, Richard Kowaltschuk. The South Pasadena Police Department has one of the fastest response times in the state. In an emergency, the police can respond from one end of the city to the other in about 3 minutes! The police department operates on a Neighborhood Policing philosophy. The department maintains a School Resource Officer for the middle and high schools.