Mesa Police Department Metro Resources
The Criminal Investigations Division is structured into three sections. These
sections are Persons Crimes and the
Center Against
Family Violence.
Persons Detail -- The Crimes Against
Persons Section has the responsibility of investigating homicides, suspicious
deaths, assaults, kidnappings, robberies, and stalking (non-domestic) cases.
Center Against Family Violence
-- The Center Against Family Violence (CAFV) has now been in
operation for nearly six years. The Center was designed to reduce further trauma
to victims of sexual abuse, physical abuse and domestic violence through a
multidisciplinary team process. Since opening, the Center has expanded its
services to include the investigation of sex crimes, physical abuse, domestic
violence, elder abuse,
missing
persons, and sex offender management.
Included in the multidisciplinary team is the Mesa Police Criminal
Investigations Division, Victim Services, Child Protective Services, Maricopa
County Attorney's Office, Mesa city Prosecutor's Office, a forensic physician,
and Center Against Sexual Abuse. The Center continues to be a model for
similar centers across the country.
The CAFV made improvements to the physical security of the building, revamped
interview rooms and office space. A stairway enclosure dramatically reduced
noise at the Center. A new medical suite was opened which facilitates both child
and adult medical examinations in a private, secure setting. Last year saw the
formation of the Computer Forensic Squad, staffed by a sergeant and two
detectives.
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