KPD Annual Report - City of Knoxville

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Pawn Shop Detail The Pawn Shop Detail is responsible for working with all pawn shops and second-hand stores within the city. Daily inspections of area pawn shops and second hand stores are conducted to ensure that businesses are complying with city ordinances and state law. In 2011, the city passed a new ordinance that will make reporting to the police department more consistent and accurate. This will allow for better prosecution and record keeping from both pawn shops and second-hand stores. Using Leads-On-Line (the record management/reporting system) for second-hand stores and pawn shops, the detail recovered $244,655 of stolen merchandise. Family Crimes Unit Family Crimes Unit cases focus on child abuse, domestic violence and missing persons. Child abuse refers to cases involving sexual abuse, physical abuse or physical neglect of minors. Domestic violence crimes concern incidents in which abuse occurs among roommates, dating couples, family members or former in-laws. The unit also investigates all missing persons cases, whether it involves a juvenile or an adult. Family Crimes Unit 2011 Highlights • Handled 8,306 cases: 6,705 domestic violence reports and 1,601 juvenile incidents. • This unit, along with the efforts of the Patrol Division, completed 1,121 arrests involving domestic violence. • The six investigators assigned to this unit made a total of 311 arrests subsequent to their follow-up investigations of 1,496 cases . • Five YWCA advocates and two KPD counselors provided personal assistance to 2,421 victims. • Distributed 2,636 information packets to domestic violence victims with information regarding the warning signs of abusive behavior, safety planning and resources available through the Knoxville Family Justice Center. • Made 48 presentations to 1,391 individuals to educate about domestic violence related issues. Page 32 2011 Annual Report
Page 33 Forensic Unit The Forensic Unit is comprised of five special details: Crime Scene Processing, Fingerprint Identification, Firearms Identification, Photo Lab, and Polygraph. Through these specialties, the unit provides services ranging from bullet comparisons to crime scene reconstruction. The Knoxville Police Department, in partnership with area colleges and universities, hosts forensic science student interns throughout the year. The unit also provides presentations to area citizens groups, scouts and school groups. The crime scene response personnel and supervisors are all graduates of the University of Tennessee National Forensic Academy located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The Forensic Unit responded to over 5,582 calls for service in 2011, a 10% increase over 2010, with calls ranging from simple vandalism to homicide. The unit is responsible for gathering evidence from crime scenes such as shoe impressions, chemically developed bloody handprints and fingerprints from weapons used in crimes; these aid in solving violent and other crimes in the city. Crime Scene Detail Some of the forensic services provided by the Crime Scene Detail include: latent fingerprint collection, blood spatter documentation; firearms reconstruction; impression casting of footprints and tool marks; and the collection, processing and preservation of evidence collected at crime scenes. Crime scenes may also be documented with photography, videotaping, field sketches and laser data plotting of crime scenes with the use of the Delta Sphere or Total Station instruments. The services provided by this detail support the officer, investigator and court prosecutors during trials. Fingerprint Detail The Fingerprint Detail uses the nationwidecomputerized Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) to assist officers and investigators in matching fingerprints to unidentified suspects and victims. The detail searches for evidence left behind by suspects at every crime scene. Collected latent prints are then hand-entered into AFIS. The detail is responsible for matching latent prints to the identified suspect. Other agencies throughout East Tennessee routinely call upon the detail to help identify victims and suspects in homicides and burglaries. In 2011, over 1,217 searches were conducted, representing a 38% increase from 2010; 322 AFIS identifications were made, which is an increase of 78% from 2010. There were also 194 non-AFIS identifications made, which was an increase of 76% over year 2010. A total of 516 individuals were identified resulting in a 77% increase over 2010. Polygraph Detail The Polygraph Detail conducts criminal and preemployment polygraph tests, which are very different in nature and content. Criminal examinations are specific issue tests with the goal of finding deception in the suspect of a crime. Each examination consists of a pre-test interview, polygraph examination, and a post-test interview. The Detail assists investigators in identifying perpetrators and bringing cases to successful closure. In 2011, the Detail conducted 109 Polygraph examinations.
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