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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.

 

 Lieutenant Larry LaFrance and Lieutenant William Grimes supervise sixteen officers assigned to detective duties. These detectives have the responsibility of investigating all felony crimes except those involving vice or narcotics. They are divided into two groups: crimes against persons (crimes including homicides, rapes, assaults, etc.) and crimes against property (burglaries, larcenies, forgeries, auto thefts, etc.). All detectives are cross-trained and work any type of investigation when needed.
Ten 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. 

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