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INVESTIGATION SPECIALISTS
Introduction
 An
integral aspect of the Police Department the Crime Investigation
Department originally formed in 1903, has grown in size and
functions over the years. It monitors and oversees the crime
situation throughout the State, analyses the crime trends
and the quality of investigations. Apart from acting as an
advisory this unit assists and reports to the DGP and the
Government on all the matters concerning crime occurrence,
investigation and prosecution. It maintains and updates all
criminal information and records, collects crime intelligence
and assists the District/City Police in crime prevention and
detection. It organizes study of different facets of crime
by various agencies.
The CID has the following
specialized wings undertaking specific activities:
Anti-Dacoity
Cell
The Cell monitors the activities/movements of all important
professional dacoity/robbery gangs and advises the District/City
Police in the detection and prevention of crime. The prosecution
of the property offences, particularly those committed by
professional gangs in the CID Courts and the Spl.Designated
Courts also is monitored by it. Important cases with inter-district
and inter-state crime ramifications are taken over and investigated
by it expert investigating officers
Protection
of Civil Rights (SC/ST Cell)
Crime perpetrated against the SCs/STs is monitored by this
Cell. It has a net-work of officers in all Districts for the
purpose. apart from investigating important crimes against
SCs/Sts, the Cell advises the District/City Police administrators
and the Government on steps to be taken for effective implementation
of Criminal Law, vis-à-vis Scs/Sts and also aids in
the evolution of relevant legislations.
Women
Protection Cell
It monitors the gender crime situation in the State closely
and suggests remedial steps from time to time. Important cases
are investigated directly by the Officers of the Cell. It
also liaises with the Department of Women & Child Welfare,
as regards the functioning of counseling centers.
Economic
Offences Wing
 The
wing investigates cases pertaining to misappropriation, cheating,
forgery, counter-feit currency, cybre crimes and major frauds,
scams and other white collar offences. The wing collects intelligence
on the above categories of crime and underakes analysis. It
also liases with other Economic Enforcement agencies like
Income-Tax Department, Customs & Central Excise, Reserve
Bank of India, Commercial Banks etc. in the discharge of its
functions. It advises the Government on the enactment of suitable
acts/Laws in this sphere.
Narcotics
Cell
The Cell is the nodal agency to work for the control/eradication
of illicit drug use in the State. It interacts closely with
the District/City Police, Excise Department and also with
the neighbouring State Enforcement agencies for the purpose.
apart from overseeing the investigation of important cases
in the Districts, the Officers of the Cell undertake investigation
of cases with inter-district and inter-state ramifications
directly. The Cell also participates in organizing programmes
for the field officers under the aegis Andhra Pradesh Police
academy, Hyderabad.
State
Crime Records Bureau (SCRB)
The State Crime Records Bureau collects crime information
from the Districts and maintains them. It also interacts with
National Crime Records Bureau for similar purpose. The Bureau
is fully computerised. When the field officers/investigation
staff require information about the possible suspects/crime
gangs, it supplies the required data. It also undertakes analysis
of crime data and generations the trends.
Modus-Operandi
Bureau (MOB)
The Bureau maintains the data relating to all the known property
criminals in the State based on their modus-operandi (specific
methods employed in the commission of crime - lock breaking,
entry through wall holes, offenders travelling as bonafide
passengers, placing nails on the roads, outraging the modesty
of women while committing the offences etc.) The Bureau constantly
updates the information and supplies it to the investigating
officers on query.
Police
Research Centre (PRC)
The Centre collects information on various aspects of crime,
analyses it and supplies it to the relevant field officers,
DG & IGP and the Government etc. It also undertakes study
on crime related aspects in the field. Liaison with the academics
and the Universities also is maintained by it for crime study.
Legal
Branch
In addition, the Organization is in possession of sophisticated
scientific equipment, police sniffer dog squads and other
necessary crime detection equipment.
Cyber
Crime Police Station
This section of the Crime
Investigation department investigates crime and offenses committed
in the cyber world.
THE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF
CRIME
- Counterfeit currency and important thefts of currency
notes.
- Counterfeit coining when the counterfeits are struck
from dies and other cognate offences in respect of coining
by dies.
- Theft of Government arms and ammunition.
- Illicit manufacture, transport, sale possession of
fire arms, ammunition, explosives and explosive substances.
- Important cases in which foreigners are concerned (including
cases of international criminals and trafficking in women
by foreigners).
- Frauds by means of advertisements, bogus funds and
companies, bogus certificates,
impersonation of public servants and swindling.
- Specially important cases of murder, all important
and Inter-State dacoities, robberies and house-breaking.
- Frauds, thefts or cheating of a peculiar nature which
affect more than one district.
- Stock market and Bank frauds.
- Cases of such a nature as in the opinion of the DGP,
the Addl.DGP CID or district authorities, which call for
investigation by an officer of the CID.
- Important defalcations of public money.
- Smuggling of narcotics and psychotropic substances,
drug trafficking and serious offences under NDPS Act.
- Financial and Economic crimes, i.e. money laundering,
bank frauds, forgeries, misappropriations, cheating, breach
of trust.
- Cases of bringing fraudulent civil suits.
- Organized crime (mafia type) and gang cases.
- Important conspiracy cases whose ramifications extend
to several districts.
- Thefts of public property.
- Organized offences relating to environment, flora and
fauna.
- Trafficking in women, girls and children.
- Important cases of rape and dowry deaths.
- Pornography
- Organized thefts of motor vehicles.
- Other cases of Inter-State or International nature
requiring specialized investigation and coordination.
- Organized cases of atrocities against Scheduled Castes/Schedules
Tribes.
- Important communal or caste riots where accompanied
by murders and or arson.
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