The County of Archuleta embodies an area of approximately1300 square miles and a population of almost 14,000. The Archuleta County Sheriff's Department Patrol Division provides uniformed law enforcement services to all the residents in the unincorporated areas of the County.

Deputies assigned to the unincorporated Patrol Services Division respond to over 1000 citizen-generated calls for service and Deputy-initiated events per year.

 Patrol Deputies responsibilities include:

• Investigating and completing crime reports;
• Conduct follow-up investigation on assigned cases;
• Deter criminal activity by providing uniformed police visibility;
• Patrol the neighborhoods/businesses to prevent crime; 
• Provide mutual assistance and promote communications between members of the other law enforcement  agencies;