Investigations Division
General Information
The Investigations Division is responsible for investigating the vast majority of felony crimes against persons and property occurring in the unincorporated areas of El Paso County. The division includes Major Crimes Unit, General Investigation Unit, Sex Crimes Unit, Financial Crimes Unit, Computer Crimes and Cold Cases. The Division is also responsible for the Victims Advocates, Metro Vice and Narcotics and members of the Metro Crime Laboratory. The Division is led be a Commander and is overseen by one Lieutenant and three Sergeants.
The Major Crimes Unit consist of a sergeant, who also supervises the Computer Crimes detective, and six detectives. The Unit is responsible for investigating cases involving crimes against persons. These cases include homicide, suspicious deaths, attempted murder, kidnapping, aggravated robbery and serious assaults.
The Computer Crimes Unit consists of the same sergeant and one detective. This Unit is responsible for investigating any computer related crimes, to include internet luring and sexual exploitation of children. This detective is also responsible for computer forensics and obtaining information from cellular telephones.
The General Investigations Unit consists of one sergeant, who also supervises the Financial Crimes Unit and four detectives. The Unit is responsible for property crimes, primarily conducting follow up investigations on residential/business burglaries, theft, motor vehicle thefts and criminal trespass cases.
The Financial Crimes Unit consists of the same sergeant and four detectives. This Unit is responsible for the investigation of crimes such as identity theft, check fraud, forgery, financial related scams and organized crime.
The Sex crimes Unit consists of one sergeant, six detectives and the Sex Offender Coordinator. This Unit is responsible for the investigation of sexual related cases such as sexual assaults on children, incest, adult sexual assault and luring. The Unit is also responsible for cases involving Adult Protective Services cases such as care taker neglect and financial fraud against the elderly. They also conduct compliance checks on registered sex offenders, maintaining a database of registered sex offenders and providing awareness to the public of sexually violent predators.
The Victim Assistance Program is overseen by the Investigations Lieutenant. The Program has one supervisor, four full time employees and 29 volunteer victim advocates. Members of the Program respond to victims of violent crime and/or their families, victims in crisis, and family survivors in cases of violent and sudden deaths. Victim advocates are civilian employees and volunteers who are available 365 days a year. These advocates provide outreach and assess the needs of victims, provide information and referrals about resources in the community, victims compensation benefits, education and awareness of victims’ rights.
The Metro Vice and Narcotics Section is a multi-agency task force partially comprised of members of the Sheriff’s Office the purpose of this Section is to reduce crime that involves illegal drug activity and acts that are contradictory to community morals.
The men and women of the Investigations Division take great pride in the trust bestowed upon them as detectives and civilian personnel. They desire nothing more than to be the voice of the citizens of our community and the victims of crime as they seek out the truth from the beginning of an investigation until it concludes with the prosecution of individuals responsible for the crime.