The Town of Brookfield Police Department is staffed 24/7 with full- and part-time police officers, supervised by a police chief, captain, sergeant-detective and patrol sergeant. Police officers patrol and investigate crimes in the town, whose population jumps from about 6,420 residents to about 40,000 residents, workers and visitors when offices and businesses are operating. The town police also provide a neighborhood watch program, security surveys for homes and businesses, vacation home checks, and bicycle safety and stranger danger courses. The town police and fire departments are dispatched by the Waukesha County Communications Center (WCC).