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The Investigations Division is responsible for investigating the most serious crimes that occur in the Village of Wheeling. These crimes include burglaries, robberies, homicides, death investigations as well as financial crimes such as identity theft. They also perform background investigations of all civilian and police applicants who are being considered for employment. The Investigations Unit is responsible for maintaining professional relationships with other local Police Departments as well as Federal Agencies. The Detectives in the Investigations Unit work on a Monday through Friday schedule. Detectives are scheduled to work the day-shift and the afternoon-shift. A Detective is scheduled to be on-call overnight during the midnight-shift and during the weekend providing coverage every day around the clock.
The Evidence Room is staffed by one civilian, Evidence / Property Officer Mike Kelly.
The Investigations Unit handled 278 cases in 2022.
The school liaison program provides a full-time Police Officer at Wheeling High School.