New Haven Police Department
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The New Haven Police Department is the law enforcement agency
Law enforcement agency
In North American English, a law enforcement agency is a government agency responsible for the enforcement of the laws.Outside North America, such organizations are called police services. In North America, some of these services are called police while others have other names In North American...

 responsible for the city of New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is the second-largest city in Connecticut and the sixth-largest in New England. According to the 2010 Census, New Haven's population increased by 5.0% between 2000 and 2010, a rate higher than that of the State of Connecticut, and higher than that of the state's five largest cities, and...

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Civilian Workforce

In addition to sworn officers, the department employs civilian employees for administrative functions funded partly by the Community Oriented Policing Services
Community Oriented Policing Services
The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services is an agency within the United States Department of Justice. COPS was established through a provision in the 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act. Since 1994, COPS has provided $11.3 billion in assistance to state and local law...

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Dive Team: Emergency Services

The New Haven Police Department also has a professional Underwater Search & Recovery Team (Dive Team) which falls under the command of the N.H.P.D. Emergency Services Division. New Haven Police Divers all must be certified Advanced Open Water Divers. The team has a boat, and is responsibe for the recovery and preservation of any person(s) and/or contraband located in waterways throughout New Haven County.

The N.H.P.D. Dive Team consists of 14 active members. Team responsibilities:
1. Perform dive recovery and search tasks
2. Line tending
3. Underwater communications with divers
4. Act as O.I.C. of dive operations
5. Repport findings of operations and analysis of remedies
6. Maintain Emergency Services fitness level
7. Maintain equipment

Please see New Haven Police Department Dive Team for further information and historical information.

Narcotics unit

The department's narcotics unit was disbanded in 2007 after two officers were arrested and two others implicated in a corruption sting.. The unit was replaced by a VICE/Narcotics unit in 2009, and that unit played a crucial role in the investigation of the murder of college student Annie Le
Murder of Annie Le
Le was born in Placerville, California, to a Vietnamese American family. She spent her childhood with her aunt and uncle. Le was valedictorian of her graduating class at Union Mine High School, and voted one of two students to be "the next Einstein." After earning approximately $160,000 in...

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