Street Crimes Unit
The Street Crimes Unit is a special assignment position within the department operating out of the Special Operations Section. The unit is comprised of one sergeant and four police officers that work a very flexible schedule, generally in the evenings during the busier end of the week. Members of this unit work in plain clothes, are highly motivated, and are free from responding to normal radio calls, focusing their attention on pro-active police work and more serious criminal activity. They routinely conduct compliance checks/searches of probationers and parolees, attempt to locate wanted persons, conduct follow-up investigations of serious criminal offenses, and conduct investigations into street level narcotics trafficking. The unit often works in conjunction with other agencies within the county and will occasionally travel out of the area to locate and apprehend a subject that has been identified as being involved in criminal activity within the city.
One of the unit's main functions is to assist patrol officers and detectives conducting follow-up investigations. The flexibility of their work schedule and the ability to dedicate personnel full-time to a specific incident has resulted in the identification and apprehension of several suspects involved in major cases since the creation of this unit.