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The Walton County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation
Division (CID) is a full service unit which investigates a
wide spectrum of crimes occurring in Walton County. CID is
comprised of 10 detectives, a Lieutenant, and Captain. Each
of the investigators has special training in a particular
facet within the criminal investigation field. This training
includes narcotics, child abuse, burglary, financial crimes,
forensic computer examinations, robbery and death investigation.
Two investigators are state certified crime scene
technicians. These investigators have completed a battery of
courses mandated by the state in order to achieve this
certification. Advanced training is received each year in
order to maintain this certification. The crime scene unit
utilizes state of the art equipment in the processing of
major crimes scenes and evidence examination within the lab.
We have one
investigator who holds the Certified Computer Examiner (CCE)
certificate through the I.S.F.C.E.
International
Society of Forensic Computer Examiners.
The Criminal Investigation Division has a close working
relationship with other Federal, State and local agencies,
including the
Georgia Bureau of Investigation,
Federal Bureau of
Investigations,
Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms. CID also
provides resources and shares intelligence with the
Loganville and Monroe police departments which are located
within the Sheriff’s Jurisdiction.
The Sheriff’s Drug Task Force operates under the umbrella of
the Criminal Investigation Division. The Drug Task Force
investigators concentrate on narcotics enforcement. These
investigators use both covert and overt methods of
investigation to identify, target and remove narcotics
violators from the community. You can submit narcotics
information anonymously directly to the Sheriff’s Drug Task
Force. Information gathered is kept confidential.
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