Violent Crimes Unit (VCU)

The Violent Crimes Unit is comprised of seven detectives and a sergeant. One of these detectives is assigned exclusively to work cold case homicides. They are tasked with investigating violent crimes against persons which include homicides, kidnappings, robberies, and sexual assaults. Additionally, these detectives investigate all suicides, in-custody deaths, unexpected deaths, and officer involved shootings.

Instituting cold case homicide investigation in 2005 has proven extremely successful. Five cold cases have been solved, and four are currently under active investigation.

Also, this unit contains the Major Accident Team (MAT). This team has enormous technical capabilities and skills to reconstruct serious accident scenes, as well as crime scenes. Its members work many long hours with numerous callouts, and lengthy investigations requiring hours of follow up.