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CASE ASSIGNMENT AND REVIEW

For purposes of oversight regarding case assignment, monitoring, and review within

the Division; primary investigative assignments have been split into the three

investigative groups with one Sergeant assigned to each area of responsibility. The

three areas are currently comprised as follows:

Sergeant Michael Gates – 2 Shift Detectives
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Sergeant Mark Whitman – 1 Shift Detectives
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Sergeant Lori Sweeney – Special Victims Unit Detectives

The Criminal Investigations Unit (CIU) is responsible for follow up investigations on all

crimes reported to Cranston Police that are not solved during the initial patrol

response, as well as any additional follow-up which is deemed necessary by the Patrol

Supervisors. Detectives in CIU are trained investigators who examine crimes that may

require specialized techniques, including forensic examination, surveillance, and the

cultivation of informants. Virtually any crime which requires follow-up investigation,

excluding those handled by the Special Victim’s Unit (cases of sexual misconduct or

those involving juvenile offenders) and the Special Investigative Unit (narcotics and

vice related crime), is assigned to the Criminal Investigations Unit.

The unit itself was responsible for 53 arrests based on follow up investigations.

Additional arrests made by the unit stemmed from on-scene warrantless arrests after

making contact with suspects in various situations. The unit also was responsible for

over thirty-eight arrest warrants, countless search warrants and acted as

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Cranston Police Department Year in Review 2020