City of Piqua Ohio Police Department Services Bureau

The Services Bureau is comprised of the Investigative Section and the Support Services Section. The Services Bureau has the additional functional responsibilities for administrative staff functions and activities of the department. The Services Bureau is under the command of the Deputy Chief/Services Bureau Commander.

The Services Bureau includes the following personnel:

Fulltime Authorized positions - Deputy Chief Services Bureau Commander (1); Investigative Section Commander/Lieutenant (1); General Investigators (2); Narcotics Investigator (1); Support Services Commander/Lieutenant (1); Police Secretary -Administration (1); Police Secretary - Transcription (1); Records Supervisor (1); Records Clerk (1); Public Service Officer (1) and School Resource Officer (1).

The Deputy Chief/Services Bureau Commander is the administrator and manager of the Services Bureau and is responsible for the overall efficient and effective management and administration of the Services Bureau. The Deputy Chief/Services Bureau Commander is responsible for the direction of all activities of the Services Bureau, including all of the functional responsibilities that include criminal investigations, narcotics, vice, and organized crime investigations, employment and background investigations, juvenile investigations, internal affairs, parking enforcement and abandoned/junk motor vehicles, records, criminal intelligence, Accreditation, computer operations and technology development, LEADS TAC, agency property, crime analysis, crime prevention and community relations, administrative reports, surveys and quality assurance surveys, agency workload analysis for personnel allocation and distribution, forms review and accountability, victim witness, grant writing and administration, facility maintenance, evidence and property control, tactical response, juvenile services - SRO Program, and code /zoning enforcement liaison. This direction will be accomplished through written and oral orders, policies, procedures, directives, guidelines, and guidance, as well as, personal leadership exerted through subordinate supervisors and officers.

The Investigative Section consists of four fulltime plainclothes investigators, including the Investigative Section Commander/Lieutenant. The Investigative Section Commander, a Lieutenant, assigned by the Chief of Police, reports directly to the Services Bureau Commander. The Investigative Section Investigators report directly to the Investigative Section Commander/Lieutenant, who also functions as a working investigator/supervisor. Three of the investigators are assigned to general case investigations while one is assigned as a Narcotics Investigator. The primary function of the Investigative Section is follow-up investigation of criminal offenses that occur within the jurisdiction of the Piqua Police Department and the eventual identification, apprehension and successful prosecution of criminal offenders. Other responsibilities include conducting background investigations of all potential City of Piqua employees, coordinating juvenile related offenses and coordination of all missing persons cases.

The Support Services Section is a subcomponent of the Services Bureau and provides the Police Department with administrative, management, transcription, secretarial and clerical support for the Office of the Chief, Patrol Bureau and the Services Bureau. The Support Services Section consists of the Support Services Section Commander/Lieutenant, a Police Secretary/Transcriptionist, a Senior Records Clerk, a Records Clerk, a Public Service Officer (Civilian/Non-Sworn Employee) and School Resource Officers.