About the Martinez Police Department

The Martinez Police Department (California) is organized into three primary entities: Administrative Services, Field Services/Patrol Division, and the investigations bureau. The Administrative Division is the support services unit of the Martinez Police Department. It is comprised of Dispatch, Investigations and Records. It also includes the School Resource Officer and Community Service Officer.

In the Field Services/Patrol Division, police officers work a 3/12 shift plan in a variety of patrol assignments. These assignments include K-9, traffic motorcycles, bicycle patrol, foot patrol and off-road motorcycles. Martinez police cars are equipped with two-way radios and mobile data computers which are linked to the Department’s Computer Aided Dispatch System. These state of the art communications systems allow officers to receive and respond to calls for service in a timely manner thereby enhancing public safety. The Patrol Division consists of one Commander, four Sergeants (watch commanders), four Corporals and 16 Officers.

The Martinez Police Department maintains a full service investigative bureau. This bureau is part of the Administration Division of the Martinez Police Department. Specific detectives are assigned certain crimes for which they are trained to investigate. Such as: Persons Crimes; Property Crimes; Juvenile Investigations; Narcotics; Computer Crimes / Identity Theft; Financial Crimes; and, Evidence / Property

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cityofmartinez.org

Gerald W. Boyd is the Communications Director for Baker County’s Consolidated 9-1-1 Dispatch Center.  Jerry Boyd is also concurrently the Deputy Chief of the Baker County Fire Authority and the Deputy Director of the Baker County Office of Homeland Security.  Jerry recently managed the complete remodeling and expansion of their 9-1-1 PSAP.

Gerald W. Boyd has been the Chief of Fire Company 50, Shasta County, CA Fire Department (1999-2003), the Chief of Police of the Martinez Police Department (California) (1991-1996) and the Chief of Police of Coronado Police Department (California) (1981-1991).  Jerry Boyd’s law enforcement career also includes working at the Irvine Police Department (California) as a police lieutenant and SWAT commander and with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department as both a deputy sheriff and sergeant.

Jerry Boyd has designed, fabricated and staffed Mobile Incident Command Units for over 25 years. He is well versed in Tactical and Special Operations deployments. Considered an expert in the field of PSAP Management and Supervision, Jerry holds Basic through Management POST Certificates and is a popular Police and Fire Academy Instructor.  He has written five books, including three on emergency communications subjects and over three dozen articles in professional journals.  Among his books, he is the author of The Will to Live--Five Steps to Officer Survival and the co-author of Incident Dispatcher: A Guide for the Professional Tactical and Incident Dispatcher.

According to the book description of Incident Dispatcher: A Guide for the Professional Tactical and Incident Dispatcher, “After years of articles, web sites, and presentations, this is the first book to examine the concept of Incident Dispatch. The authors’ purpose is to provide basic, essential guidelines for establishing an Incident Dispatch program, how to function as an incident dispatcher, and how to manage an incident dispatch team in your agency or region. It is written from more than a decade of personal experience in IDT operations, management, and training, validated by the ongoing use of hundreds of incident dispatchers and their supporting public safety and communications agencies nationwide.”