Policy Text
Department
Police
Lauderhill
STANDARD: 42.100
INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION
TITLE: CRIMINAL
POLICIES PROCEDURES
AND
REVISED: 12/16/2013
09/01/2002
EFFECTIVE:
at <<
Chief Police
of
FOLLOW UP:
DETERMINING CASE
CRITERIA FOR
A.
1. PURPOSE:
will be followed-up.
determining whether a case
Establish criteria for
2. POLICY:
professionally
expected to utilize both
Department are
the Lauderhill Police
Members of
directive, while not all
investigations. This
means to further their
accepted and legal
investigations.
criminal
officers conducting
serve as a guideline to
encompassing, shall
3. PROCEDURE:
on solvability
shall assign cases based
Investigations Division Supervisor
The Criminal
the offense.
to the seriousness of
with consideration given
factors,
are not limited to:
factors include, but
Solvability
or is easily obtainable
of the subject is known
A. Identity
Registration of suspect’s vehicle, if available
D
mon Similar M.O. to other cases being worked
etc
weapon, latent fingerprints,
crime scene such as a
Evidence left at the
on a subject
to make identification
Victim or witness is able
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assignment
would warrant the
of the crime itself
where the seriousness
The classes of crimes
following:
of the case include the
PART I CRIMES
responsibility of
UCR, shall be the
following and as defined by
Crimes, including the
Part I
the Criminal Investigations Division.
A. Felony crimes against persons
1. Robbery
Sexual battery
WN
Aggravated assault/battery
Homicide
RF
Felony property crimes
A
Grand larceny, over $1,000 value
ND
Auto theft
investigation in a
crimes or that require
are a pattern of such
Misdemeanor crimes that
eo
jurisdiction.
of the Department’ s
geographic area outside
wide
used
forgery or fraudulently
check cases, i.e.,
9. Worthless
Crimes sexual nature
10. of a
11. Indecent exposure
12. Lewd/lascivious acts
schemes to defraud
crimes involving organized
13. Felony
PROCEDURES:
MANAGEMENT
RECORDS
B.
1. PURPOSE:
Police Department for
within the Lauderhill
maintenance of records
insure the proper
To
policy regarding the
Investigations Division. A
through the Criminal
cases that are handled
established.
paperwork has been
the distribution of
procedure to follow in
appropriate
2. GENERAL GUIDELINES:
assigned a case number
Investigations Division personnel are
to Criminal
Cases assigned
assigned
worked without an
No cases shall be
Aided Dispatch system.
through the Computer
administrative paperwork
collection,
supplemental reports, evidence
number. All
case
overtime slips, etc).
case number (i.e.
contain the assigned
associated with a case shall
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Reviewed:
personal
desk or with his/her
in the investigator’s
documents will be maintained
No original
department for filing (i.e.
to the appropriate
documents will be forwarded
papers. Original
documents. Copies
work off copies of these
investigators should
records, property, etc.). The
investigator’s working file.
maintained in the
documents will be
of these
evidentiary
or other matters of
confessions, property,
recordings of interviews,
All original
evidence at the conclusion of
originals turned in as
copied, if necessary, and
nature are to be
the case.
3. CID GENERATED CASES:
case prior to
in which to generate a
are given information
Detectives often generate cases or
child
abuse, suspicious incident,
been committed (Le. child
knowledge that a crime has
actual
number,
shall receive a case
receiving the information
The investigator
sexual battery, etc.).
purposes.
assigned for tracking
have the investigation
through dispatch, and
4. TYPING OF CASES:
have been
style. Once the cases
typed in proper form and
investigated by CID will be
Cases
forwarded
original case file will be
detective’s supervisor the
and approved by the
completed
to records for file maintenance.
TO BE MAINTAINED:
TYPES OF RECORDS
5.
Unit.
maintained by the Records
Original case files will be