detective bureau
Crime-solving office
A detective bureau is a division within a police department that handles investigations rather than patrol duties.
Detectives in the bureau work cases requiring sustained inquiry—homicides, robberies, fraud.
The term appears most often in American police contexts: She was promoted to the detective bureau after five years on the street.
- caseContainer or instance
- case fileDocuments about one matter
- evidence collectionSecuring items for prosecution
- precinctAdministrative jurisdiction zone
- cold caseUnsolved crime, investigation suspended
unsolved murder · investigator · stakeout · plainclothes · surveillance · fingerprint analysis · criminologist · interrogation · person of interest · file · police procedural · homicide · crime scene · division · task force · case management · internal affairs · headquarters
- crime investigationwhodunit, investigation, detectives, investigator, smoking gun
- police stationspolice station, station house, precinct, headquarters, cop shop
detective bureaucriminal organization
Coordinated unlawful group
crime syndicate · organized crime · criminal enterprise · the underworld · mafia
detective bureaupatrol unit
Law enforcement vehicle
patrol officers · street patrol · first responders · foot patrol