The Criminal Investigation Unit is comprised of four Detectives, and a Detective Sergeant. Detectives are sworn police officers specially assigned to incidents requiring extended amounts of time to investigate.
A patrol officer’s primary duty is responding to calls for service in an assigned patrol district. In some instances, this limits the patrol officer’s ability to fully investigate an incident without interruption. Often times follow-up investigation must occur outside of the patrol officer’s district or during a date or time the patrol officer is not available.
Serious crimes against persons and property, such as murder, serious injury assault, sexual abuse, child abuse, major thefts, and computer crimes are referred to detectives for additional follow-up investigation.
Detectives provide investigational support and share intelligence information with other units/divisions within the Milwaukie Police Department. Detectives must be available on-call to respond to serious crime incidents 24 hours a day. Detectives are also assigned to Interagency Task Forces with other law enforcement entities in the Portland/Clackamas County metropolitan area.
Crime Scene Technician Under the direction of the Crime Investigation Unit, the Crime Scene Technician is a Detective additionally trained in areas of evidentiary photography, crime scene evidence collection, and the necessary court trial testimony for criminal prosecution.
Assisting the Criminal Investigation Unit, the Crime Scene Technician helps write and acquire search warrants, accompanies detectives and police officers at the scene of crime scenes, suspicious death investigations, and fatal vehicle crashes.
