The Zebulon Police Department has officers dedicated to specialized assignments within the agency. These include the Department's Traffic and Problem Solving (TAPS) Unit, K9 Unit, and the Special Emergency Response Team.
The TAPS Unit and K9 Unit are under the supervision of Sergeant Tivon Howard - thoward@townofzebulon.org
The Zebulon Police Department TAPS Unit is comprised of two positions that are funded with help from the North Carolina Governor's Highway Safety Program. The officers assigned to this unit specialize in traffic enforcement and impaired driving (DWI) enforcement. The Zebulon Police Department TAPS Unit also assists with DWI enforcement throughout Wake County upon request of other agencies.
The Zebulon Police Department has two K9 officers. Each is assigned to one of the Patrol Division rotations. These highly trained K9s supplement the patrol shifts and specialize in locating lost persons, searching for articles, and detecting illegal narcotics.
K9 Vegas
K9 Vegas is a 4-year-old Belgian Malinois/German Shepard mix. He is assigned to Officer Heath White. Vegas and Ofc. White work on the C/D rotation. Vegas is known for being very social and is a crowd favorite at Town events.
K9 Koda
K9 Koda is the newest addition to the Zebulon Police Department. He is a 1-year-old German Shepard. Koda is assigned to the A/B rotation where he works with his handler, Officer Marcella Abate.
K9 Chips
Our K9's often do community demonstrations. When they do, the handler will hand out a small number of custom K9 chips with the K9's name and picture on them. See if you can collect them all. For the very avid collector, there are still a few chips floating around from our two most recently retired K9 Officers, K9 Rino and K9 Astro.
The Special Emergency Response Team is a team of officers with specialized tools and training that respond to situations that are beyond the normal capabilities of patrol officers. Assignment to SERT is completely voluntary and is on a part-time basis. This means that all SERT members maintain other full-time assignments within the Zebulon Police Department.
SERT is under the leadership of a Team Commander, Deputy Chief Bob Grossman, and a Team Leader, Captain Edwin Killette.
