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What activities is the VIN Unit responsible for?
Vice, drug, and organized crime investigations
What is the main policy regarding organized crime and vice activities?
The Department will maintain a unit dedicated to their suppression
What type of information is involved in the intelligence activities of the Department?
Information related to specific crimes and criminal activities
What is the Department's approach to preventing the spread of vice conditions?
To take aggressive enforcement action against all vice activities
What is the significance of safeguarding criminal intelligence information?
It is an important concern of the Department
What is the main focus of detectives assigned to the aircraft smuggling function?
Investigating aerial smuggling organizations
What is the role of the E-FORCSE administrator in the agency?
Verifying and credentialing potential law enforcement officers’ registration forms
What should officers use to report confidential or intelligence information?
Officer’s Investigative Report (green sheet)
Who is responsible for deciding which information is disseminated and where it is to be disseminated?
VIN Unit Supervisor
What is the main duty of detectives assigned to the street-level narcotics function?
Develop street-level intelligence information
What is the primary role of the VIN crime analyst?
Responsible for the analysis of intelligence gathered
What should members of the Department consider the collection of intelligence information as?
A continual process
What duty will a sergeant or detective act as the agency E-FORCSE administrator perform?
Verifying and credentialing potential law enforcement officers’ registration forms
According to the text, who will be responsible for maintaining dossiers on organized crime figures and intelligence gathering?
VIN Unit Supervisor
What should dispensing records created by pharmacists not be used by?
Law enforcement
When should officers use an Officer’s Investigative Report (green sheet)?
When they have confidential or intelligence information to report.
Who is responsible for maintaining technical equipment logs in the VIN Unit?
The VIN Unit Supervisor
What should be done if a detective requires specialized equipment that is not available?
Notify the technical equipment detective
How are requests for intelligence from outside agencies handled?
Referred to the detective most closely aligned to the case
What is the responsibility of the VIN Unit Supervisor regarding keys/access cards?
Issuing keys/access cards to personnel
Who will be notified if the Department receives information concerning the illegal importation of narcotics?
A member of the VIN Unit
Where should intelligence files be stored and analyzed?
In a secure environment
Who is responsible for conducting a documented inspection of all technical equipment on a monthly basis?
The technical equipment detective
What is the objective of the Department with respect to narcotics enforcement?
To enforce all local, state and federal statutes prohibiting narcotics
What should be done if a piece of equipment is not working properly?
Notify the technical equipment detective and supervisor as soon as possible
What should happen if unauthorized attempts to access, modify, remove, or destroy stored information occur?
They should be prohibited by coded computer terminal access
What is the responsibility of the VIN Unit Supervisor regarding liaison with other agencies?
Act as a liaison officer to federal, state and local agencies for the exchange of intelligence information
Why should vice conditions not be allowed to continue?
Citizens are exploited by organized crime
What is the definition of a 'Flash Roll'?
A substantial sum of money shown to validate the undercover officer or informant’s ability to purchase goods or drugs
What is the role of the Investigative Services Bureau (ISB) Commander?
Responsible for the activities of the VIN Unit
What is the function of the VIN Unit related to criminal conduct and activities?
Gathering and disseminating criminal intelligence information on vice, intelligence, and narcotics
What is the definition of 'Controlled Buy'?
The purchase (or attempted purchase) of contraband from a target offender with the knowledge of the confidential informant
What is the role of the VIN Unit Supervisor in coordinating investigations regarding vice, intelligence, and narcotics?
Coordinating investigations regarding vice, intelligence, and narcotics
What does 'Surveillance' refer to in law enforcement terminology?
Systematic observations of persons, places, or things that enable detectives to identify locations of persons
'Target Offender' refers to:
The person whom law enforcement personnel suspects will be implicated by the activities of a confidential informant
What does 'Undercover Operation' entail?
Assuming a false, fictitious or deceptive role in a specifically planned activity
What does 'Criminal Intelligence Information' refer to?
Information with respect to an identifiable person or group collected by a criminal justice agency
What type of training will the VIN detectives receive?
Training in undercover techniques, surveillance methods, and control officer responsibilities
Who will the VIN Unit Supervisor be responsible to?
Responsible to the ISB Commander
What type of reports will the VIN Unit Supervisor submit to the Chief of Police?
Quarterly reports on organized crime and vice activities
What is the responsibility of the VIN Unit regarding intelligence information?
Develop, document, analyze, store, and disseminate intelligence information related to organized crime, narcotics, and vice
What is the responsibility of the members of the VIN Unit regarding preserving the legality and integrity of the intelligence effort?
Ensuring that confidential informants are secure in their anonymity
What is the responsibility of the VIN Unit Supervisor regarding purging information?
To ensure that methods exist for purging the records of out-of-date or incorrect information
What type of intelligence information will be collected by the VIN Unit?
Intelligence information collected shall include, but not be limited to, organized criminal activities, contraband smuggling activities, subversive activities, vice activities and civil disorders.
What should be done if a file has sporadic activity over the last eight (8) years before its pending purge date?
It should be kept active and reviewed for removal annually
Who is responsible for receiving raw data, expanding on the data and checking further resources?
The crime analysts
How often should records be purged if they are deemed inactive?
Every eight years
Who can access the intelligence files stored in the VIN Record Storage Room?
VIN personnel only
What should be done with hard drives of computers no longer in use by the unit?
They should be removed and/or disposed of in a manner that will prevent information from being recovered
Under what circumstances will the supervisor of the VIN Unit notify the Chief of Police?
In cases of exigent circumstances, on issues relating to high liability and high-risk incidents
What method can be used to initiate a complaint at the Vice, Intelligence, and Narcotics Unit (VIN)?
Complaints can be initiated by citizen complaints, an Officer’s Investigative Report (green sheet), confidential informants, and other agency interaction
What is required to investigate a complaint at the VIN Unit?
The source of information, type of violation, when the activity occurred, where it took place, and permission to contact the complainant/source for additional information
How are vice, intelligence, and narcotics complaints recorded at the VIN Unit?
They are recorded and entered in the VIN Unit complaint filing system and assigned a unique number
How are cases assigned at the VIN Unit?
Supervisors assign cases by workload, expertise of detectives, and other assignments
What techniques may a detective use to enhance and carry an investigation forward at the VIN Unit?
Surveillance of targets and suspects, photography of targets and components associated with the case, and the use of confidential informants
How often are VIN Unit cases reviewed by the supervisor?
At least monthly
How are vice, intelligence, and narcotics cases filed at the VIN Unit?
Numerically, by year, in a case filing system maintained in the VIN Unit
When may case records be purged at the VIN Unit?
$24$ months after becoming inactive or according to Records Retention Schedule GS-2 unless those records are of administrative value
What is included in the evaluation of vice, narcotics, and intelligence investigations at the VIN Unit?
$24$-hour surveillance reports, criminal history checks, department resources, operational problems, source of information, amount of contraband involved, type of crime involved, importance/significance of the problem to the community, individuals involved in criminal activity
Which references provide guidance for the Vice, Intelligence, and Narcotics Unit (VIN)?
Departmental Standards Directive 15.100 Crime Analysis Unit and Departmental Standards Directive 17.100 Fiscal Management
Test your knowledge of intelligence gathering and investigative personnel duties, with a focus on the tasks performed by VIN Unit detectives. This quiz covers topics such as maintaining dossiers on organized crime figures and intelligence gathering functions like marine smuggling investigations.
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