Knoxville Police Department 2010 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 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. Page 30 2010 Annual Report
Photography Detail The Photography Detail develops and processes photographs for all City of Knoxville governmental departments. These services include creating enlargements for court presentations, converting photographs to slides, and photographic services at special events throughout the City. In 2010, over 14,000 photographs were processed. Firearms Detail The Firearms Detail is participating in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearm’s (ATF) National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) program. The Detail is responsible for imaging firearm evidence collected, and searching and comparing the evidence against a national database. Positive database search results are then confirmed with the use of a comparison microscope. In 2010, over 966 microscopic comparisons were performed resulting in 100 positive matches. Organized Crime Highlights ● Built 725 cases against drug/gang violators ● Manages the Asset Forfeiture Program, which is an important tool in the fight against drug crimes Fingerprint Detail The Fingerprint Detail uses the nationwide-computerized 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 the latent print to the identified suspect. This Detail is routinely called upon to help identify victims and suspects in homicides and burglaries by other agencies throughout East Tennessee. 2010 Fingerprint Detail Highlights: • Over 877 searches conducted • 180 AFIS identifications made • 110 Non-AFIS identifications made • 290 individuals identified Organized Crime Unit The Organized Crime Unit is comprised of the Narcotics Detail, Federal Task Forces, and the Firearms Investigative Team. This Unit of the Criminal Investigation Division is responsible for enforcement of laws pertaining to organized criminal activities. The Organized Crime Unit employs covert tactics and limited electronic surveillance activities to accomplish its goals. This section works closely with federal agencies as well as other local agencies. The use of federal sentencing guidelines in appropriate cases has allowed the Unit to remove some of our worst violators through lengthy sentences that are not eligible for parole. Organized Crime Unit Partners : United States Marshals Service Smokey Mountain Fugitive Task Force Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Safe Streets Task Force FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force. Page 31 2010 Annual Report
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