The Laredo Police Department is a community policing bureau that offers specialty support and investigation services and ensures law and order in the region. The department offers on-site investigation services through a team of forensic specialists, experienced detectives and investigators. It engages in investigations related to robberies, burglaries, sex crimes, auto thefts, domestic violence, assaults, larceny and fraud, as well as crimes against people and property. Laredo Police Department has a juvenile enforcement team and maintains traffic enforcement, special investigations and ordinance units. In addition, the department offers medical emergency services, traffic safety, fire protection and sex offender database services.