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Investigations
The Maplewood Police Department Investigations Division is under the direction of Lieutenant Michael Hoemke. Lt. Hoemke directs the activities of ten detectives.
Responsibilities
The investigations division handles a wide variety of cases and the associated evidence, ranging from general property crime, complex frauds, and forgeries, to all manner of violent crime.
Four detectives are assigned general investigations, though each may have his or her area of specialization.
Two detectives focus on juvenile matters, with one providing school resource services to those schools located in Maplewood from Independent School Districts 622 and 623. The other is assigned other juvenile cases not necessarily related to schools.
One detective is assigned to the Ramsey County Violent Crime Enforcement Team (VCET), a multi-jurisdictional unit focusing on violent and drug crimes throughout Ramsey County and one detective is assigned to the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Violent Crime Reduction Unit (VCRU), a joint partnership of law enforcement agencies focused on gathering intelligence and investigating violent crimes such as murder, assault, trafficking, firearms, carjacking and other violent crimes.
Two auto theft detectives are grant funded and work towards the investigation of and reduction in crimes related to motor vehicles.