While every officer of the Bureau is sworn to protect life and property, prevent crime and arrest violators of the law, it is the members of the Operation Services Division that accomplish these goals through routine patrol of assigned areas of the township. The Operation Services Division handles over 32,000 calls for service each year. The K-9 unit is trained in patrol tactics, drug detection and tracking. Patrol officers respond to emergency and non-emergency calls for service, investigate traffic collisions, enforce vehicle laws, and handle any other requests for police service. The K-9 unit is trained in patrol tactics, drug detection and tracking. The Special Operations Section is overseen by the Special Operations Sergeant and is comprised of Community Policing, the Community Engagement Team, which also has a K-9 unit, a School Resource Officer, and the Traffic Safety unit. The township was incorporated in 1767 from Paxton Township. Each platoon is staffed with a Corporal, Patrolman First Class, and Officers. 4 Lower Paxton Township is located 76.6 miles (123.3 km) miles southwest of Allentown, 9.4 miles (15.1 km) northeast of Harrisburg, and 107.3 miles (172.7 km) northwest of Philadelphia. The Patrol Section is overseen by the Patrol Sergeant and is staffed with four patrol platoons. The Operation Services Division is comprised of the Patrol Section and the Special Operations Section. Captain Thomas Bell is the Operation Services Division Commander.

The Operation Services Division is the largest division within the Bureau of Police.

Lower paxton township map