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Department of Patrol and Enforcement

• Community Affairs and Special Events - Community Affairs serves as an umbrella for specialized programs of community concern and are directed at promoting community involvement.
• Patrol East - Zones 1, 2 & 3
• Patrol West - Zones 4, 5, & 6

Department of Investigation and Homeland Security

• Investigations Division
  • • Crimes Against Property
      • Burglary Unit investigates all business and residential burglaries as well as thefts over a certain dollars amount.
      • Crime Scene Unit photographs and processes crime scenes for latent fingerprints and other evidence to identify suspects.
      • Economic Crimes Unit investigates forgeries, frauds including internet fraud, bank fraud, credit card fraud, identity theft, con games and other economic crimes.
      • General Counsel's Office Unit assists the attorneys and staff by investigating cases involving legal actions against the City of Jacksonville and its employees.
      • Interagency Special Investigations Unit provides investigative and enforcement support to such City agencies
      • Jacksonville Electric Authority Unit is responsible for investigating and enforcing portions of Florida Statues and Municipal Codes relating to the JEA.
      • Latent Print Unit processes evidence for latent fingerprints using physical and chemical processes to develop and enhance the prints.
      • Mayor's Office Unit
      • Photo Lab processes, prints and maintains all crime scene photos and provides departmental portrait and identification photography, court enlargements, and photographs of Sheriff's Office events.
      • Property Recovery Unit is responsible for ensuring the pawn shops and second hand-dealers operating in Duval County and the Beaches are following proper procedures in regards to property sold at their locations.
      • Polygraph Unit administers polygraph examinations to police applicants, suspects, victims, and witnesses involved in criminal investigations.
      • State Attorney's Office Liaison Unit
    • Crimes Against Persons
      • Auto Theft Unit investigates auto thefts, thefts of marine craft, all terrain vehicles, motorcycles and aircraft.
      • Homicide Unit investigates murder, manslaughter, suicide, accidental death, in-custody deaths and suspicious deaths.
        • Cold Case Unit investigates all officer-involved shooting incidents and homicide cases where the original detective (or reassigned detective) is no longer in the Homicide Unit and there is no other active ongoing investigation into the case.
      • Missing Persons Unit investigates reports of missing juveniles and missing adults involving foul play.
      • Robbery Unit investigates armed robbery, unarmed robbery, home-invasion robbery, carjacking and robbery by sudden snatching.
      • Sex Crimes Unit investigates sexual assaults, child pornography and lewd and lascivious acts.
        • Family Violence/Child Abuse Unit investigates child abuse, child neglect, domestic violence, elderly abuse, elderly neglect and financial exploitation of the elderly.
        • Intimate Violence Enhanced Services Team (InVEST) assist victims in obtaining court orders and work closely with the State Attorney's Office to build stronger cases against batterers.
      • Traffic Homicide Unit investigates traffic crashes resulting in a fatality and hit and run crashes with serious bodily injury.
      • Victim Services Coordinator provides assistance to all crime victims, witnesses and survivors.
  • Homeland Security & Narcotics/Vice
    • Homeland Security & Special Enforcement
      • Aviation Unit
      • Bomb Squad
      • Canine Unit
      • Dive Team
      • Homeland Security Unit
        • Homeland Security Presidential Directives
      • Mounted Unit
      • Seaport Security Unit
      • S.W.A.T.
    • Tactical Support Section
      • Criminal Apprehension Unit
      • Gang Investigations Unit
      • Gun Crime Investigations
      • Hostage Negotiator Team
    • Narcotics Unit  
      • Tactical 1, 2 and 3
      • Mid Level Investigations Squad
      • Long Term Investigations Squad
      • North Florida High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
        • Currency/Narcotics Transportation Interdiction Squad,
        • Violent Crimes Narcotic Task Force, and
        • Prescription Drug Squad 
    • Vice Unit
    • Drug Abatement Response Team
    • Internet Crimes Against Children
    • Technical Support Unit
    • Warehouse & Forfeiture Unit

    Department of Police Services

  • Budget and Management has the responsibility for the administrative functions of the Sheriff's Office, including budgeting, management and accounting.
  • Support Services Division offers support functions that provide vitally important support services in support of the criminal justice system.
    • Central Records incorporates five multi-functional integrated units, Records, Public Counter, Warrants Input, Data Input and Identification/AFIS.
      • Alarm Control Unit
      • Data Input Unit
      • Records Unit
      • Public Counter Unit
      • Traffic Citations Unit
      • Warrants Unit
      • Validations Unit
    • Communications Section primary function is to answer citizen calls for service on 9-1-1 or the police non-emergency number (904-630-0500).
    • Court Security has a primary responsibility to provide security for all courtrooms, judges chambers, and to maintain security of all inmates from the sallyport of the courthouse to the individual courtrooms and their return to the sally port.
    • Logistics and General Support
      • Facilities Management Unit
      • Property and Evidence Unit
      • Supply & Inventory Management Units
    • General Support
      • Civil Process Unit is responsible for receiving, processing, serving and returning civil process directed to the Sheriff's Office from jurisdictions both inside and outside the State of Florida and from foreign jurisdictions.
      • Fleet Management Unit
      • Security Officers Unit

  Department of Personnel and Professional Standards

  • Personnel
  • Professional Standards

  Department of Corrections

  • Jails - The primary function of the Jails Division is to contribute to the overall level of public safety through the incarceration of pretrial inmates.
  • Prisons - Utilizes sentenced prisoners to give back to the Jacksonville community while positively impacting the recidivism rate of our prisoners.