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Best known as Iowa’s “Detective Bureau,” our field operations team conducts complex criminal investigations with local law enforcement agencies. Click here to learn more.
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The DCI's Major Crime Unit consists of 25 special agents statewide and two polygraph examiners. Find out how many investigations this team completed in 2018.
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The Records and Identification Unit is the central repository for all Iowa criminal history records. See how this unit tracks all criminal histories and how the information is used.
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