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Investigations Bureau
The Investigations Bureau incorporates both the Criminal Investigations
and Special Investigations divisions. CID investigates major crimes against
persons, property and juveniles, as well as forensic science. SID investigates
organized criminal activity that involves activities such as drug trafficking,
gambling, and vice offenses. The division also provides surveillance,
intelligence gathering and technical-equipment operations for the entire
police department.
Anti-Crime Task Force (ACTF)
ACTF is responsible for technical and electronic-surveillance operations
for the department. The unit works closely with the Criminal Investigations
Division on all major investigations to provide support in the area of
locating and surveilling suspects and witnesses. The unit also identifies
and targets career and serial criminals who operate within Chesterfield
County.
Accomplishments
- Assisted Roanoke authorities in the location and apprehension
of a person responsible for a homicide in Roanoke
- Assisted the Criminal Investigations Division on several different
occasions by identifying and locating the people responsible for
homicides
that occurred in the county
- Conducted an operation in the southern portion of the county that
resulted in the arrest of three people for numerous robberies
- Assisted the Criminal Investigations Division with the location
and arrest of two people responsible for several area bank robberies
- Worked with Hanover County officers and arrested a person responsible
for numerous burglaries and thefts from area churches
- Worked with other operational units of the police department to
solve multiple reported robberies and assaults in the Meadowdale
community
Crimes Against Persons
The Crimes Against Persons Unit consists of three sections: the General
Persons Crimes Section, Crimes Against Juveniles/Domestic Violence Section,
and the Major Case Section. These sections investigate deaths, robberies,
rapes, aggravated assaults, child abuse, and exploitation of children,
as well as cases of missing persons, juvenile runaways, threatening and
obscene telephone calls, extortion, suicides, and various firearm violations.
Generally, crimes of a violent or sexual nature fall within the Crimes
Against Persons Unit’s area of responsibility. The department’s
domestic violence coordinator is assigned to the unit.
Accomplishments
- Cleared by arrest all homicide cases committed in Chesterfield
County in 2001
- Arrested a person for a string of pharmacy robberies in which
the drug Oxycontin was stolen
- Assisted the City of Roanoke Police Department with a homicide
case involving a Fort Lee soldier who murdered a waitress and attempted
to
abduct another waitress from Chesterfield
- Cleared by arrest three bank-robbery cases
- Initiated a regional investigation that resulted in a multicount
federal indictment of an individual for interstate-commerce-communications
fraud. Police worked in conjunction with the business community,
Virginia
State Police, United States Secret Service, and numerous police
departments in the region. This resulted in the clearance of 19 cases
in Chesterfield
County
- Identified and arrested a person for his role in a robbery through
the assistance of DNA technology
- Furnished computer capabilities to further investigate online
pornography. A detective received specialized training in this area
Crimes Against Property
The Crimes Against Property Unit is divided into two main sections (with
one being further subdivided into two smaller subsections). The General
Property Crimes Section is responsible for the investigation of burglary,
grand larceny, large-loss vandalism, arson, explosives cases, and environmental
crimes. The second section, Economic Crime/Auto Theft, is divided into
two subsections with one investigating crime, such as fraud, embezzlement
and computer crime, while the other subsection is responsible for the
investigation of motor vehicle thefts. The Crimes Against Property Unit
is also responsible for staffing, scheduling and supervising the department’s
polygraph examiners.
Accomplishments
- Arrested five juveniles who were racing vehicles through a neighborhood.
Subsequent investigation revealed the cars were stolen in Richmond.
As a result of joint efforts, Richmond police solved 16 robberies,
three
break-ins and recovered five stolen cars
- Arrested a person for stealing thousands of dollars worth of stolen
tools from Habitat for Humanity
- Arrested eight people for seven burglary cases that occurred in
the southern area of the county. The individuals stole blank checks
and
later forged and passed them at area stores. Through cooperation
with the Forensic Unit, detectives recovered prints that led to the
arrests
- Investigated 72 Crime Solvers tips
Vice and Narcotics
The Vice Section is responsible for the investigation of offenses including
prostitution, sexual solicitation, pornography and gambling. The Narcotics
Section targets and investigates mid-to upper-level drug traffickers and
organizations. Members of this unit also are responsible for identifying
and seizing assets of criminals obtained directly or indirectly through
illegal activity, such as drug trafficking. Asset seizures for calendar
year 2001 resulted in the court ordered forfeiture of more than $141,186
in cash and property.
Accomplishments
- Conducted an extended operation during the summer that targeted
prostitutes and customers who operated out of motels along the Jeff
Davis corridor.
This eliminated the highly visible and open-air trade. More than
40 people were arrested on 64 charges. A drastic decline in the number
of prostitutes and customers has been noted through surveillance
and
citizen complaints
- Conducted operations with the Drug Enforcement Agency that led
to the arrest of persons responsible for importation and trafficking
of
cocaine. These persons were arrested and prosecuted. This organization
had direct ties to other localities in the United States and Central
America
- Provided extensive covert surveillance to other units within the
department. This resulted in successful arrests and prosecutions
of
those responsible and cleared numerous cases
- Initiated an investigation involving the sale of Ecstasy. This
investigation revealed those responsible had ties to a major distribution
center in
Europe. The information was forwarded to the Drug Enforcement Administration.
DEA and police agencies in Europe made numerous arrests and at the
same
time shut down a major supplier of Ecstasy
- Continue to participate in several narcotics task-force groups.
Our involvement with such groups has a significant impact on the
distribution
of illegal drugs in our community
Fugitive Section
The Fugitive Section operates under the command of the Special Investigations
Division and is supervised by the Division Commander. The section is charged
with the apprehension of wanted persons and the reduction of unserved
criminal warrants. Section detectives also are responsible for the extradition
of persons wanted in Chesterfield, who are located and held in other states.
Two detectives and one light-duty patrol officer currently man the section.
Accomplishments
- Served 517 Chesterfield County warrants, 63 warrants for other
state agencies and seven warrants for out-of-state agencies. Four
hundred
fifty-five Chesterfield County warrants were cleared by initiative.
This was accomplished by the section arranging for other jurisdictions
to arrest the wanted persons, or making contact with the wanted persons
and convincing them to surrender to the police department. Additionally,
the Fugitive Section had 74 warrants withdrawn by the Commonwealth’s
Attorneys Office. In these cases it was determined through investigation
the warrants were no longer prosecutable or were for the wrong person.
The Fugitive Section cleared 1,046 warrants, or 5.075 per day worked
- Maintained data concerning the number of unserved warrants. Included
have been reports on those persons who are in custody in other states,
those wanted in other states who are not extraditable and those warrants
with insufficient information for service. Based on this data, the
numbers
of warrants that have the ability to be served are approximately
700
- Participated with Virginia State Police and the U.S. Department
of Agriculture on Project Talon. This initiative checks USDA welfare
roles
against the Virginia Crime Information Network entries of wanted
persons
- Maintained an active “Top Ten Most Wanted” poster.
Posters were distributed to 31 locations throughout the Richmond
metropolitan
area. These wanted persons and 15 others are posted on the Crime
Solvers Web page for public viewing.
Forensic Unit
 Accomplishments
- Purchased a Krimesite Scope, a device
that uses ultraviolet light to detect fingerprints
on non-porous evidence without powders
or
chemicals.
Two super glue-fuming chambers were also
purchased to assist technicians
with
developing latent fingerprints. Previously,
evidence would have to be sent to the
State Forensic
Lab for these processes
- Sponsored
a six-week, basic-forensic training course for five Chesterfield
Police
 employees
and four employees
from
other agencies.
The course included subjects such as
photography, latent-fingerprint developing,
crime-scene processing, and
evidence handling and grave
excavation
-
 Crime
Scene
Specialist Richard Bosko became the Chesterfield Police Department's
second
civilian technician ever
to attend the Virginia Forensic Science
Academy
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