Criminal Investigation Division
Criminal Investigation Division
(870) 935-6710
1001 S Caraway Rd
Email Captain Chambers
The Criminal Investigation Division is tasked with the investigation of all types of crimes, polygraph services, property and evidence storage, crime scene investigation, and the high-tech/cyber crimes unit. The CID Captain oversees a variety of investigations carried out by in-house detectives, the Street Crimes Unit, the Drug Task Force, the SWAT Team, and the Drone Program.
Detectives receive special training in a variety of investigative techniques and disciplines, including general and advanced criminal investigations, death scene investigations, sex crimes investigations, child abuse investigations, photography, interview and interrogation, crime scene investigation, and collection of physical evidence.
General investigationS
The Criminal Investigation Division is responsible for investigating various types of crime including homicide, rape, robbery, burglary and forgery. Detectives receive many hours of additional training including those particular to various types of criminal investigations, interviewing and other job specific skills.
Street Crimes Unit
The Street Crimes Unit is tasked with pursuing persons wanted for felony and misdemeanor warrants, investigating street-level narcotics offenders, investigate prostitution-related crimes, establishing sources of intelligence, and assisting with the development and implementation of special enforcement strategies.
Organized Crime Activity Task Force
The Organized Criminal Activity Task Force’s purpose is to identify and target criminal groups that conduct drug trafficking, money laundering, alien smuggling, arms trafficking and possession, crimes of violence, murder and aggravated assault, robbery and street-gang activity.
High-Tech Crimes Unit
JPD’s High Tech Crime Unit detectives are responsible for conducting searches of computers, phones, jump drives and other items that may store digital evidence. As an affiliate agency of the Arkansas Division of the National Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, the Jonesboro Police Department has tasked this unit with investigating complaints of child exploitation and pursuing child predators.
Crime Scene Investigation
Along with responding to major crime scenes and collecting certain items of video evidence, these detectives are also tasked with processing many of the items collected by patrol officers and detectives in the department’s forensics lab. By processing these items in our own facility, it often saves time in order to retrieve evidence that could aid investigations more quickly. Both officers in this unit are state certified Crime Scene Technicians, utilizing a variety of state of the art processes, techniques and equipment.
Drug Task Force
The mission of the Drug Task Force is to investigate major drug traffickers in our area and to respond to the needs of our community. The Second Judicial Drug Task Force was established through a cooperative effort of the Second Judicial Prosecutor and District law enforcement agencies to combat narcotics and organized crime.
The Task Force is governed by a Board of Directors, which consists of the Prosecuting Attorney, Task Force Coordinator, a representative on the Arkansas State Police, and the Chiefs and Sheriffs of all the local law enforcement agencies within the Second Judicial District that either provide manpower to the Task Force, or for whom the Task Force prosecutes its felony cases or civil drug forfeitures. Currently there are eight Jonesboro Police Officers assigned to the Task Force.
Drone Program
The JPD Drone Program includes small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) that are equipped to fly indoors or outdoors, utilize FLIR heat sensing thermal imaging, extremely high-resolution cameras, ActiveTracking, and more. The program also includes several sworn officers who completed months of training to become fully certified Part 107 drone pilots by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Evidence and Property
The JPD evidence and property section is responsible for the care and custody of every item collected as evidence or recovered property. The evidence technician is responsible for checking in every piece of evidence brought in by officers, storing those items until they can be returned to their owner or destroyed, and maintaining records of the chain of custody for each evidence item.
If you have property that you need to pick up, you may call the evidence technician at (870) 336-7141 or the detective that worked your case to make sure it is ready to be released to you. When you come to pick up your property, be prepared to show a photo ID.
SWAT Team
The Jonesboro Police S.W.A.T. Unit can rapidly respond when needed. It is the intent of the Jonesboro Police Special Services Unit to provide a highly trained and skilled tactical team as a resource for the Jonesboro Police Department in the handling of critical incidents.
The Special Weapons and Tactics Team (S.W.A.T). is trained to respond to a wide variety of critical incidents including hostages, barricades, snipers, high-risk apprehensions, personal protection, and much more.
Sex Offender Registration
The Jonesboro Police Department is responsible for registering sex offenders that live within the city limits of Jonesboro. A civilian sex offender registration specialist is assigned to CID to carry out that task. The sex offender registration specialist also investigates instances of offenders failing to register or being non-compliant with registration requirements.
For more information about who has to register as a sex offender and where sex offenders are located in Jonesboro and throughout Arkansas, visit ACIC online.