Section 13852 Of Chapter 6. California Career Criminal Apprehension Program From California Penal Code >> Title 6. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 6.
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. Law enforcement agencies receiving funds under this chapter
shall employ enhanced law enforcement management efforts and
resources. Enhanced law enforcement efforts and resources shall
include, but not be limited to:
(a) Crime analysis, which is the timely collection and study of
local crime data to perform all of the following:
(1) Identify evolving or existing crime patterns, particularly
those involving career felony criminals.
(2) Provide investigative leads.
(3) Identify geographical areas or population groups experiencing
relatively severe crime victimization, in order to improve
effectiveness of crime prevention efforts.
(4) Provide supporting data for improved allocation of overall law
enforcement agency resources.
(b) Improved management of patrol and investigative operations
involving use of information resulting from crime analysis, which may
include participation in multijurisdictional investigative units and
measures to increase continuity of investigative efforts from the
initial patrol response through the arrest and prosecution of the
offender. Such measures may include:
(1) Innovative personnel deployment techniques.
(2) Innovative techniques of case screening.
(3) Management of continuing investigations.
(4) Monitoring of investigation operations.
(c) (1) Each career criminal apprehension program, supported under
this chapter, shall concentrate on the identification and arrest of
career criminals and the support of their subsequent prosecution. The
determination of which suspected felony offenders shall be the
subject of career criminal apprehension efforts shall be in
accordance with written criteria developed by the applicant law
enforcement agency, consistent with Section 13853 and approved by the
head district attorney. Highly qualified and experienced personnel
shall be assigned to staff career criminal apprehension programs.
(2) Each career criminal apprehension program as one of its
ongoing functions, shall maintain coordination with the prosecutor
assigned to each case resulting from its efforts. This coordination
should include, but not be limited to, case preparation, processing,
and adjudication.