Special Crimes Investigations Division
Units in this division include:
- Crimes Against Children
- Domestic Assault
- License Investigations
- Sex Crimes
- Traffic Investigations.
Crimes against children unit
We investigate:
- Crimes of neglect and/or endangerment of children
- Maltreatment of children
- Deprivation of parental rights
- Intra-familial sex abuse.
We work to break patterns of abuse and mistreatment and connect children to valuable social services.
Domestic assault unit
We work to
- reduce domestic violence
- strengthen families in the city
- hold people accountable for felony level domestic assault.
Licensing, Financial Crimes and Narcotics
This unit includes Auto Theft Prevention, Financial Crimes and Narcotics.
We are assigned:
- liquor licensing investigations
- youth alcohol compliance cases
- gambling investigations
- firearm permit processing
- pawn investigations
- problem properties cases
- animal crimes investigations.
Our Financial Crimes Unit investigates abuse of vulnerable adults.
Narcotics unit
- Investigates adult suspects for illegal selling, buying and possession of dangerous drugs or narcots.
- Works with the local Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Task force investigating federal narcotics cases.
- Works with the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) Task on narcotics cases involving illegal firearms.
How to Report Suspected Narcotics Activity
Sex crimes unit
We investigate sex crimes that include but are not limited to
- rape
- molestation
- indecent conduct
- stalking
We work with victims and social service agencies to support a victim-centered approach.
We also are responsible for
- predatory offender compliance
- investigations into missing and trafficked juveniles.
Learn more about Sex Offender Community Notification
Last updated Apr 25, 2019
