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CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS

Services Provided
• Investigation of all reported offenses in the City of Mansfield.
• National incident crime reporting and sex offender registration.
• Crime and intelligence analysis.
• Property and evidence storage.

Accomplishments in FY 2020-2021
• Cleared over 800 investigations; more than 300 resulted in arrests.
• Transferred 31 Criminal investigations to federal agencies to
better serve our citizens through the IC3 return system.
• Two detectives were trained and certified as Fire Investigators to assist with Arson Investigations.
• The Crime Scene processing office was moved and upgraded to better handle the growing needs
for space and increased staffing.

FY 2021-2022 Goals & Objectives

1. Assign a Detective to the Federal Child Exploitation Task Force within CID.
• Prepare and complete documents per federal task force rules.
• Have the assigned Detective conduct internal training in the Criminal Investigations Division on
how the task force operates and the benefits of this task force.

2. Begin training for those interested in the aspects of the Crime Scene Unit.
• Identify those employees that have interest in becoming trained in the aspect of crime scene
investigation.
• Develop a training program for those interested in crime scene investigation and have them assist
the current member of the crime scene unit.
• Have those interested in crime scene investigation become independent where the assistance of
other crime scene technicians is needed for assistance.

3. Integrate the CAPERS Division and Property Division within CID.
• Remove the label of CAPERS and Property within the CID Division
• Assign all Detectives as “General Case” Detectives. Financial crimes would remain assigned to
current Detectives.
• Assign one Detective as a major crimes Detective.

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