Detectives

General Investigations

The General Detective Division currently has 31 positions within the division structure. The division is subdivided into four shifts and included command and support staff. The physical structure of personnel include one Captain, four Lieutenants, four Sergeants, 12 Detectives, one U.S. Marshal Task Force Member, one Sex Offender Coordinator, one Latent Print Examiner, one Corrections Investigator, and two Secretaries.

Detectives from this division are responsible for investigating a wide array of violent crimes including homicides, unnatural deaths, rapes, child molestations, kidnapping, and other violent felonies. As a result investigators work with other agencies such as the coroner's office, the district attorney's office, stop rape crisis, and the Children's Advocacy Center.

Since the Detective Division's duties are broad this requires numerous specific skills that must be maintained, therefor four detectives are specifically trained as juvenile sex crimes detectives. These four detectives specialize in cases in which a child under the age of twelve is the victim of a sexual assualt crime.

In addition, the Detective Office has a detective assigned to coordinate sex offender registration. This detective must maintain records and track all sex offenders that reside in East Baton Rouge Parish. The division also has a detective assigned as a corrections investigator whose duties include the investigation of crimes committed at the parish prison and Jetson Correctional Center.

The division has a latent print examiner on staff that will analyze all latent prints that the Sheriff's Office as a whole collects.

In addition the Detective Office has an investigator assigned to the U.S. Marshals Task Force for violent offender apprehension.

The Detective Division also has twelve employees who are responsible for certain collateral duties, which include S.W.A.T. team members, hostage negotiators, instructors, honor guard members, and policy writers.

Crime Scene

The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office Crime Scene Division is a well-equipped, highly trained group of professionals responsible for processing all major scenes such as Homicides, Robberies, Sex Crimes, Questionable Deaths and any crime or incident resulting in serious bodily injuries. On-scene investigation includes photography, videotaping, scene sketches, evidence processing and evidence collection.

Off-scene duties include taking custody and control of the evidence prior to its being placed into the Evidence Room. The crime scene investigators are responsible for processing evidence collected by Uniform Patrol deputies and submitted to the Crime Scene Division for latent print processing. Crime Scene Investigators are also responsible for keeping up-to-date on procedures and new developments in collecting and processing evidence.

The Crime Scene Division currently consists of five personnel. Captain Kenny Kwan heads up the division as Administrator/Supervisor and is responsible for keeping track of all equipment, supplies and training. He also serves in the role of investigation when needed.

Financial Crimes

The primary responsibility of the Financial Crimes Division is to investigate identity thefts, counterfeiting, forgeries, bank frauds, felony thefts, and computer related crimes. In 2007, the Financial Crimes Division investigated thefts and frauds totaling nearly $3,000,000.00. These types of crimes affect individuals, banks, and businesses equally.

In addition to being the primary investigators for thefts and frauds, Financial Crimes detectives play a support role in other criminal investigations by conducting forensic analysis of computers that were seized as evidence by all other divisions of the Sheriff's Office. Computer forensic examinations may be required on a variety of cases ranging from embezzlements and counterfeiting to missing persons and child pornography.

Detectives in the Financial Crimes Division receive training in financial and computer related crimes from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, from the National White Collar Crime Center, and from other state and local sources. Training programs cover topics including financial fraud, computer data recovery, questioned document analysis, fingerprint identification, and interview and interrogation techniques.

The secondary responsibilities of the Financial Crimes Division include Homeland Security, Dignitary Protection, and Intelligence & Threat Assessment. When functioning in this capacity, Detectives assist in maintaining the safety and security of critical infrastructures within the parish and protect local and visiting dignitaries or other high profile persons.

The Financial Crimes Division works closely with federal agencies including Secret Service, FBI, Social Security, and Customs. The Sheriff's Office maintains task forces and working groups with several of these agencies. These relationships play an important part in carrying out the primary and secondary responsibilities of the division.

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Narcotics

The mission of the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Narcotics Division is to identify significant sources of illegal drugs in and to East Baton Rouge Parish, then develop prosecutable criminal cases against those sources.

The Agents assigned to the Narcotics Division of the Sheriff's Office are assigned a wide range of tasks that include covert operations, street level enforcement, long term investigations of significant drug offenders, investigations in conjunction with the DEA, highway interdiction, undercover investigations, covert audio and video surveillance.

Agents of the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Narcotics Section are selected for positions as Narcotics Agents from the ranks of Commissioned East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Deputies. Once selected, Agents receive in-service training covering topics pertinent to search and seizure, warrant composition, informant management, interview and interrogation, surveillance techniques, and additional applicable topics.

The Agents of the Sheriff's Narcotics Division commonly seize the following types of Illegal Drugs:

The Narcotics Division of the Sheriff's Office accepts information from anonymous sources, or the caller may leave sufficient information to be contacted by an Agent. All information regarding reporting persons is held in strict confidence, and will not be divulged to any party.

The Narcotics Division also has one Deputy assigned to maintain the Sheriff's Office Frequent/Multiple Offender Program. The goal of this program is to ensure that the Sheriff's Office and the District Attorney's Office work together, with the common goal of removing repeat criminal offenders from our streets.

This program tracks the status of criminal court cases of persons which meet the criteria established by the Sheriff's Office, to be included in our Frequent/Multiple Offender Program. The assigned deputy coordinates between all of the criminal divisions in the Sheriff's Office, and acts as a liaison between the Sheriff's Office and the District Attorney's Office in monitoring the court cases of frequent/multiple offenders.

Armed Robbery and Burglary

The Armed Robbery and Burglary (A.R.& B.) Division is comprised of experienced, veteran personnel who examine and assess each and every burglary and armed robbery reported to the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office. Cases with follow-up potential are immediately acted upon and accurate, timely intelligence, as a result of the daily examination of reports, is disseminated to all necessary personnel.

To combat the problems of burglary and armed robbery, it is the policy of the A.R.& B. Division to go "proactive" in areas of increased burglary/armed robbery activity. This often includes long hours of daytime or nighttime surveillance by highly trained detectives who meld into their surroundings.

Also operating under the "umbrella" of the A.R.& B. Division is the Pawn Shop section. The Pawn Shop detective works with members of the A.R.& B. Section to assist in resolving both burglaries and armed robberies by the recovery of previously stolen items as they are sold or pawned to area pawn shops.

The investigators of the A.R.& B. section work closely with all divisions of the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office and also with personnel of surrounding law enforcement agencies at the local, state and federal levels.

Auto Theft

The primary goal of the Auto Theft Division is to recover stolen vehicles and arrest auto theft suspects. We also strive to investigate cases in a timely manner, obtain successful prosecution, and educate the public in reference to auto theft prevention. Auto Theft detectives examine and assess each reported theft of motor vehicles, marine type vehicles, recreational vehicles, and motorized construction equipment. Reported thefts with follow-up potential are immediately acted upon and information developed pertaining to other crimes is forwarded to the appropriate detective division. The Auto Theft Division also conducts operations to disrupt and dismantle Auto Theft rings, by performing periodic inspections of Salvage Yards, Body Shops and Independent Auto Dealers.

Auto Theft detectives work closely with all divisions of the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office along with personnel of surrounding law enforcement agencies at the local, state, and federal levels. The Auto Theft Division accepts information from any anonymous source or the caller may leave sufficient information to be contacted by a Detective. All information is held in strict confidence and will not be divulged. Vehicle theft is the costliest crime in the world today and impacts more citizens than any other offense encountered by law enforcement.

Here are some helpful reminders from the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's office Auto Theft Division to help keep your vehicle from being stolen: