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The Detective Division is staffed with fifteen personnel. A Major is in charge of the Division, two Sergeants supervise the General Assignment Section and a Sergeant supervises the Street Crimes Unit. A Sergeant and two detectives are assigned to the Metro Narcotics Task Force Unit. The Detective Division is responsible for follow-up investigations on criminal complaints. These complaints would include crimes against a person such as homicides, robberies, sex crimes, assaults, burglaries and batteries.
The Detective Division has three other units under its authority: Detectives assigned to the Metro Narcotics Task Force, the Street Crimes Unit, and the SWAT Team.
The commander over the Detective Division is Major Chris Sasser. He can be contacted by phone at 318-397-6786 or by email at csasser@westmonroe.com .
Applicant Backgrounds
The West Monroe Police Department does extensive background investigations on individuals who apply for employment with the police department. Applicants must pass an oral review board, psychological examination, criminal history checks, driver’s license checks, and a voice stress analysis test (lie detector test), among other things in order to be considered for employment.
Citizen Survey
In an effort to make sure the West Monroe Police Department is meeting the needs of the public and to look for ways to improve our services to the public, in 2004 the West Monroe Police Department began conducting Citizen Surveys. A random sample of citizens who have recently called the West Monroe Police Department for assistance or to report a crime are contacted and asked to participate in the survey.
In the survey the citizen is asked if the officer who took their complaint was courteous and acted in a professional manner. They are asked whether they were satisfied with the service they received, and also are given the chance to tell how the West Monroe Police Department could improve the service it provides.
Evidence
The Evidence Section is responsible for maintaining the integrity of evidence and chain of custody of all property that comes into their possession in accordance with state laws, city ordinances and departmental policies and procedures.
Evidence personnel are responsible for receiving, storing, releasing, and maintaining security of a wide variety of items. Property received by the Evidence Section includes but is not limited to cash, jewelry, guns and other weapons, narcotics, vehicles, bikes, blood samples, urine samples, and other evidence related to assaults, burglaries, thefts, homicides, and other crimes.
The evidence section is open during normal business hours Monday-Friday.
Intelligence
The Intelligence Section is charged with collecting, extracting, summarizing, analyzing and disseminating criminal intelligence data gathered from a variety of sources. The Intelligence Section gathers information on individuals who may be involved in criminal activity in our area, as well as keeping track of registered sex offenders who live in our area. The information gathered by the intelligence Section is shared with West Monroe Police Department officers as well as other local law enforcement agencies.
