homicide unit
Killing investigation team
A homicide unit is a division within a police department that investigates murders and suspicious deaths.
Detectives assigned to homicide handle the most serious violent crimes, working crime scenes, interviewing witnesses, and building cases for prosecution.
The term appears frequently in crime fiction and police procedurals: She transferred to the homicide unit after ten years in narcotics.
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- murderDeliberate unlawful killing
- cold caseUnsolved crime, investigation suspended
- badgeWorn symbol of membership
- precinctAdministrative jurisdiction zone
investigation · forensics · autopsy · cause of death · time of death · victim · next of kin · suspect · person of interest · interrogation · crime scene · crime scene tape · evidence · chain of custody · body · dead body · body bag · morgue
- Criminal Investigationdetective, crime scene, crime investigation, forensics, investigator
- police workpatrol, arrests, arrest, stings, investigation
- policingpatrol, police powers, arrests, police officer, arrest
- Police UnitsSWAT, SWAT team, vice squad, bomb squad, beat cops
- Crime Scenecrime scene, evidence marker, evidence bag, evidence bags, crime tape
- Investigative BodiesFBI, CIA, DEA, ATF, NSA
homicide unitparking enforcement
Regulating where cars sit
meter maid · code enforcement · animal control · meter maids
homicide unitbeat cops
Officers patrolling assigned neighborhoods
administrative services · community outreach · dispatch · desk duty · police academy
homicide unitrescue squad
Team that saves people
witness protection · search and rescue · protective services
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