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The Criminal Investigation Division is headed by Captain Will Hines. He can be reached at (580)
581-3240.
Captain Hines attended several
schools around the country until his parents settled in Lawton. He
graduated from Lawton High School and attended Cameron University.
He was hired by the Lawton Police Department in January of 1989, where
he attended Lawton Police Academy # 6. After graduating from the
academy, Hines was assigned as a patrol officer until he was transferred
to the training division, where he served as a DARE Officer for 4 years. Captain Hines has also served as a detective, patrol supervisor, and detective supervisor during his career. He is a polygraph examiner for LPD, conducting both criminal exams and pre-employment exams.
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Detectives have received extensive training in
collection and preservation of evidence. When performing this function, they are
known as Technical Investigators or TI's. At a major crime scene, their function is primarily to collect all evidence while their counterparts
assigned as lead investigators conduct interviews and interrogations and focus on developing a suspect. The TI duty is rotated among those qualified to
ensure they stay fresh and have equal opportunity to utilize their training
and develop their investigative skills.
The Criminal Investigation Division also has a
secretary, Mary Odum. She takes
messages for detectives who are out of the office and takes care of divisional bookkeeping. She also serves as the recording secretary for Crime Stoppers-Drug Busters of Southwest Oklahoma board meetings.
