Knoxville Police Department 2010 Annual Report - City of Knoxville

Pawn Shop Detail
The Pawn Shop Detail is responsible for working with all pawn
shops and second hand stores within the city limits. The Detail
conducts inspections of pawn shops and second hand stores to
make sure they stay in compliance with city ordinances and state
laws. The Detail also works with surrounding agencies to ensure
prosecution and recovery of victim’s property that may
have been sold outside the city limits.
Family Crimes Unit
The Family Crimes Unit cases focus on child abuse, domestic
violence, elder abuse and missing persons. Child abuse cases
involve sexual abuse, physical abuse and neglect. Domestic
violence crimes concern incidents in which abuse occurs among
roommates, dating couples or family members, including crimes
involving elders. The unit also investigates all missing persons
cases, whether it involves a juvenile runaway or an adult.
Pawn Shop Highlights
• Assigned 423 cases for follow-up
investigation
• Implemented Leads-On-Line, a tracking
system for items sold to pawn shops and
second hand stores in September 2010
• Leads-On-Line has lead to the recovery of
$58,956 worth of property and resulted in
89 arrests
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 from bullet
comparisons to crime scene reconstruction. The unit
hosts presentations to area citizens groups, scouts and
school groups. The Forensic Unit responded to over
5,055 calls for service in 2010, ranging from simple vandalism
to homicide.
• In 2010, the Family Crimes Unit handled 7,570
cases: 5,662 domestic violence reports and 1,808
juvenile incidents
• This unit, along with the efforts of the Patrol
Division, cleared 1,185 domestic incidents
• The six investigators assigned to this unit made a
total of 326 arrests and followed up on 1,501
assigned cases
• Five YWCA advocates and two KPD counselors
provided personal assistance to 1,917 victims
• The Family Crimes Unit sent out 2,244 information
packets to domestic violence victims that included
information regarding the warning signs of abusive
behavior, safety planning and resources available
through the Knoxville Family Justice Center
Crime Scene Detail
The Crime Scene Detail provides indepth
field crime scene processing and
forensic services that 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
prosecution.
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