The Detective
Division is the advanced investigative arm
of the agency. While all
patrol deputies are expected to conduct complete
and thorough investigations in all incidents to
which they have responded, too many cases
require a significant time commitment or
additional expertise. All
detectives have previously been patrol officers
and after 5 years of full-time law enforcement
service, they are eligible for assignment into
the investigative division.
Currently there are 5 full-time detectives in
the agency. Each detective
has a specialty, and while any detective may be
assigned to any case, they each have primary
oversight of cases involving their specialty,
such as drug investigator, property crimes
investigator, sex crimes investigator, or
domestic violence investigator. One
detective is assigned to the Alcohol, Tobacco,
and Firearms Task Force, and a second is
assigned to the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency.
These detectives have oversight to all cases
involving the use of a firearm in the commission
of a crime, and major drug crimes. Three
of the detectives are assigned to each of the 3
patrol zones to allow each shift to have an
investigator responsible to their crew.
Equipment:
The detective
division has at its disposal up-to-date
equipment to aid them in their investigations.
A fingerprint expert does fingerprint
examination and utilizes the Automatic
Fingerprint Identification System computer (AFIS)
to assist in the retrieval of fingerprint
matches from a half-million fingerprint records
of the tri-state region.
Investigators also have at their disposal a
crime scene van, digital cameras, surveillance
equipment, and forensic equipment.
A small in-house lab is utilized to
process evidence and is assigned to the
Identification Division.
Sex Offender
Registration:
The sex crimes investigator is
responsible for handling not only child abuse
and sex crimes investigations, but also has the
additional responsibility of overseeing the
department's responsibility to the community
notification process when a sex offender moves
into our jurisdiction. A
copy of our sex offender notification policy is
available upon request. A book of current sex
offender information is available for inspection
during regular business hours for each community
that the Sheriff’s Office provides law
enforcement protection. For
any other town's sex offender information, you
must contact the local police department.
The Sheriff’s Office is available to send
representatives to any community, upon the
request of the town government, to hold a town
informational meeting regarding the identity of
known sex offenders and the evaluated risk they
pose to the community.
Penobscot County Sheriff's Office
