SOC224 Lecture Notes - Major Crimes, Criminal Intelligence, Homicide
Document Summary
Unsolved homicides and high risk missing persons k division serious. Purpose: provide an overview of missing/murdered investigations in rcmp jurisdiction, Alberta: provide an overview of rcmp serious crimes branch/kare, there were a series of crimes that operated across jurisdictions so kare was created to investigate and gather intelligence across various jurisdictions. Major crime unit: there are 6 rcmp major crimes teams within the province of alberta. Major crimes mandate: homicides, attempted murder, suspicious deaths and conspiracy to commit murder, deaths resulting from police action, or occurred while in police custody, and member involved deaths/shootings (support asirt alberta serious incident response team), missing persons. Project akre background: fall of 2002, police noticed, the high risks missing person project (hmrmpp) team incorporated several police. Homicide and missing persons investigations, that involve victims who were in vulnerable situations, are extremely unique and challenging: proactive initiatives, vitim services, missing persons initiative, kare initiatives.