The Specialist Investigation Department is a branch of the
Criminal Investigation Department
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is the branch of a police force to which most plainclothes detectives belong in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth nations. A force's CID is distinct from its Special Branch (though officers of b ...
of a
British police force (although many use different names) which investigates crimes such as murder and sexual offences supplying specially trained officers to monitor known ex-offenders who have a history of sex offences. This unit could be considered the same as
Area Major Incident Pool
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The Area Major Incident Pool (AMIP) is a defunct unit of Greater London's Metropolitan Police.
From 1985 to 2000, the Area Major Incident Pool consisted of experienced detectives available to assist divisiona ...
of the
Metropolitan Police Service. The Specialist Investigation Officers use the prefix "
Detective" in front of their actual police rank. The team also responds to major investigations such as murder when divisional teams can not cope with the sheer amount of work.
Branches
SID branches (Names differ slightly between forces but the objectives remain the same):
* Major Crime Team - Aid divisional CID in major cases such as murder.
*
Fraud Squad - Investigates major fraud for example the
City of London Police Fraud Squad who police
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
's financial district.
* Hi-Tech Crime Unit (HTCU) -
Computer experts who monitor online sexual predators and assist the other teams in specialist computer monitoring.
* Public Protection Unit (PPU) - Specially trained detectives who monitor known ex-sexual offenders who have been released from prison.
* Organised Crime Unit - A team of officers who investigate
organised crime
Organized crime (or organised crime) is a category of transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for profit. While organized crime is generally th ...
such as bank robberies and crimes involving drugs, committed by career criminals, but not by petty thieves.
* Vulnerability Unit - Officers who provide aftercare of the public and investigation into major crimes against children, and
Domestic violence.
* Scientific Support Unit -
Forensic scientist
Forensic science, also known as criminalistics, is the application of science to criminal and civil laws, mainly—on the criminal side—during criminal investigation, as governed by the legal standards of admissible evidence and criminal ...
s who support the force in gathering vital crime scene
DNA linking the guilty with the crime and the place which would often be crucial in court cases.
Scientific Support, Dorset Police
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References
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Types of police unit of the United Kingdom