The Town and Country Police Department works to prevent, deter criminal activities through the enforcement of local, state and federal laws. It maintains an operations division that consists of patrol, traffic, crime prevention and investigation units. The department s administrative services division has records and resource management units. The Town and Country Police Department also operates a communication and dispatch unit that responds to police, fire, and medical emergency and nonemergency calls. It provides copies of police reports and offers fingerprint registration services. The department employs more than 40 full-time sworn police officers and civilians. The Town and Country Police Department hosts a citizens police academy and operates a community emergency response team. It supports Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.), which is a classroom program that helps to prevent drug abuse and violence among children. The department administers Project ChildSafe and National Night Out programs.