WDW Security functions as the district’s defacto police force and prior to the mid-ninties took a very proactive policing role in the district. Prior to 1996 the WDW Security Vehicles had FLORIDA COUNTY plates and red lights and sirens; however after a pursuit wherein a 16 year old passenger was killed and WDW was sued, the company started restructuring it’s security division to take a less public role, although interestingly enough, WDW Security employees DO NOT carry any Security Guard licenses from the state of Florida ( D & G cards ).

WDW Security Division is now divided into two branches (Resorts and Parks) after the highway branch was disbanded in the late 90’s and motor units assigned to each of the 4 regions began patrolling the highways and roads in their region.

The regions are as follows:

Mike 1 — The area surrounding Magic Kingdom and the North Service Area (where the WDW owned power plants, water treatment facilities, warehouses, are located among other things)
Echo 2 — The area surrounding EPCOT
Sierra 3 — The area surrounding Disney-MGM Studious
Kilo 4 — The area surrounding Animal Kingdom (which includes the South Service Area (where the tree farm and K-9 kennels are located among other things)
Delta 5 — The area surrounding Downtown Disney (includes some big shopping centers, some big apartment complexes where the 10,000+ Disney College Program people live and Hotel Plaza Blvd among other areas)

Anyway, like a major police department you can get into all sorts of specialized assignments, depending on what you want to do:

Plain clothes Loss Prevention Specialist
Plain clothes Retail Theft Operative (Foxes)
Uniformed Security K-9 Unit
Uniformed Security Posts
Uniformed Security Foot Beats
Uniformed Security Bike Beats
Uniformed Security Motor Beats