The focus of the Department is to take a fair but aggressive stance on crime. This is accomplished through high visibility patrols, crime prevention classes and community involvement.

        At full staffing, the Department has 6 vehicles in its' fleet and routinely logs over 100,000 miles a year on the vehicles.

        We routinely respond to 12,000 - 14,000 calls for service per year. These range from animal complaints to complex investigations.

        Currently there is one full time officer (School Resource Officer) assigned to the Oil City Area High School and Middle School, who maintains an office at the school, and two DARE officers. Our current plans are to expand our DARE program into additional schools in the Oil City area.

        Our goal is to safeguard the city's most valuable resources which we feel are its' citizens.