Annual Report for 2007 - Charlotte-Mecklenburg County

Table of Contents
CMPD Patrol Divisions 4
Department Earns Accreditation A Second Time / Employees Recognized for Performance 5
Arresting the Most Dangerous Suspects 6
Diversity in Recruiting Charlotte’s Finest 8
Your Input Shapes Our Work 11
Tackling Gangs From Every Angle 12
CMPD Crime Lab Helps Solve Hundreds of Cases a Year 14
Prioritizing Calls For Your Emergencies 16
Remembering Officers Sean Clark & Jeff Shelton 18
Officers Give Back 20
Nuisance Laws Target Trouble Spots Within the City 23
Bait Cars Nab Thieves / The B.E.A.R. Moves Officers into Place 24
Mobility Through the Crowd / CMPD’s Bird’s-Eye View 25
Using Computer Analysis to Focus Our Efforts 26
Monitoring Accused Offenders 28
New Unit Tracking Computer Crimes / Detectives Solving Old Sex Assault Cases 29
E-Policing on CMPD.org 30
Statistical Review 32
Officers in the Military / Our 2007 Retirees 36
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