Pawn Investigations

The Pawn Investigations Section is responsible for regulating pawnshops, collection, and entry of pawnshop records, administrative enforcement concerning licensing and operating procedures. Information generated from this unit assists in the recovery of stolen property from Atlantic City Investigations and criminal investigations from surrounding communities.

Juvenile Section

The Juvenile Section consists of Detectives who handle investigations involving persons age 18 and under that are involved in criminal activity and physical and sexual abuse complaints involving children. Detectives also work closely with county and state child protection and assistance agencies and with parents of delinquent children focusing on their rehabilitation.

School Resource Officer

The School Resource Officer consists of law enforcement officers who are assigned to schools in cooperative agreement with education officials. These police officers receive the necessary training to work in school settings. They provide service in school operations with respect to providing school safety, support services, enhanced campus supervision, assistance with disruptive students, and a host of other functions geared toward improving and maintaining school safety.

 

Investigations

The Investigations Division is comprised of several sections and units whose primary responsibility is to investigate crimes and prepare cases for prosecution by the county Prosecutor. Detectives are usually assigned cases that originate from patrol officers in the field. Patrol officers prepare preliminary reports that are assigned to detectives for more in-depth follow-up. Detectives can also generate investigations from their own observations or information received from the public.

Criminal Investigations Section

The Criminal Investigations Section consists of Detectives who investigate crimes in order to provide information that will cause a successful prosecution of perpetrators of criminal offenses through quality investigations. Detectives also assist in community problem solving through timely identification of emerging crime patterns and by developing crime prevention initiatives in conjunction with other units within the police department.

Major Crimes Squad

The Major Crimes Squad consists of Detectives whose primary objective is the investigation of homicides. This collaborative unit investigates individuals or groups who threaten, finance, aid and conspire in unlawful acts that cause harm resulting in death. Detectives in this unit work under the direction of the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office in order to conduct investigations, arrest, and prosecute offenders.

Criminal Investigations

(609) 347-5766

Juvenile Section

(609) 347-5788

 

 

Deputy Chief Ernest Jubilee

Deputy Chief Jubilee commands the Investigations Division of the Atlantic City Police Department. This includes Criminal Investigations, the Juvenile Section, Pawn Investigations, Major Crimes, and the Forensic Section.

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Forensics

The Forensic Section handles a variety of forensic applications such as photo and crime lab tasks. They respond to crime scenes including certain motor vehicle crash investigations. Their capabilities include but are not limited to crime scene photography, latent Fingerprint recovery, DNA, and blood evidence collection. Members of this section also photograph and process offenders charged with certain crimes.