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Vice, Intelligence, and Narcotics Division
The goal of the Vice, Intelligence and Narcotics Division (VIN) is to collect intelligence
about gangs, organized crime, gun traf昀椀ckers, and crime patterns in the City in cooperation with state and federal agencies.
This Division also investigates and procures
evidence necessary for the prosecution of
those involved with drugs and guns, shots
昀椀red, stolen vehicles, in addition to addressing prostitution and other vice-related offenses. Division goals include investigating
and being proactive in limiting shootings
and associated violence in the City of Hartford to make the community a safer place to
live and work. The VIN Division also works
in cooperation with federal and state law
enforcement agencies to apprehend wanted fugitives. Members of this Division are
responsible for seeking out, implementing,
and overseeing programs and technologies
relating to violent crime prevention, suspect
apprehension, and offender tracking.
Violent Crimes Unit:
The Violent Crime Unit (VCU) is a team
of investigators who work in conjunction with federal, state, and other law
enforcement agencies to reduce violent crime in the City of Hartford. VCU
conducts various in-depth investigations which focus on gun violence,
shootings, and shots 昀椀red incidents,
with the goal of pursuing prosecution
at both the state and federal levels.
VCU works in collaboration with the
Major Crimes Division, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and area law enforcement on a daily basis to identify
and capture violent offenders.
HARTFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT
Vice and Narcotics:
Vice & Narcotics (V&N) conducts complex
investigations that are necessary to identity
and eliminate the suppliers that control the
昀氀ow of drugs into the neighborhoods, limiting violent actions that commonly occur relative to the illegal drug trade. V&N focuses
directly on individuals involved in the illegal
drug trade and who are also involved in violent crime. They partner with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to target gun
crime, organized crime entities, drug and
gun traf昀椀ckers, and other offenses that contribute to violence. This includes detectives
assigned to the United State Postal Service
and Homeland Security who conduct investigations into the monetary side of the illegal
drug trade. Money connected to the drug
trade is later used for investigative funds for
the City of Hartford, to further combat the illegal narcotics trade. V&N detectives seized
over 40,000 bags of heroin / fentanyl in 2021!
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