Why aren all cases assigned to investigators for follow-up investigation?
Annually approximately 3500 incidents are reported to the Smithfield Police Department. The department has three general investigators, two drug investigators, and an investigative supervisor assigned to the Criminal Investigations Team. As you can see, it would be impossible to assign each and every case to an investigator. Because of this, some cases are assigned back to the uniformed officer and some are simply not investigated past the point of the initial report. We feel we must concentrate our efforts toward cases that have a chance of being solved. To make a better determination as to which cases will be further investigated, specific criteria are considered. These include likelihood that the case can be solved, officer/team workload, and the seriousness of the offense.
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