The Margate Police Department offers community policing and crime prevention services. It operates through field and support services, patrol, communication, neighborhood policing, traffic and crime analysis bureaus. The department is responsible for dispatching police, fire and code enforcement officers. The Margate Police Department ensures public safety services and maintains law and order. The departments crime analysis unit also publishes daily bulletins that contain information related to crime and arrest reports. In addition, it offers various specialized programs for homeland and business security, youth and neighborhood crime watch, bicycle education enforcement protection and auto theft.