Major Terry Brock

Terry Brock is in command of the Criminal Investigation Division. He has been a police officer for 27 years. He graduated from Mercer University with a Bachelors Degree and Columbus State University with a Masters Degree in Public Administration. Major Brock also graduated from the Georgia Law Enforcement Command College. He was previously in the Department’s Office of Professional Standards. He is a P.O.S.T. Instructor. He is certified up to the Management level.

Investigators of the Police Department are tasked with both following up on reports of criminal acts as well as taking proactive measures to prevent crime from occurring. Detectives are responsible for a variety of case development activity to include locating and recovering stolen property, gathering forensic evidence from crime scenes, processing the forensic evidence and interrogating criminal suspects. Detectives compile and organize this information into a format easily presented to the courts for prosecution.

Criminal Investigations Division detectives are divided into two groups; each group specializes in certain areas of crime. Crimes Against Persons consist of five detectives who mainly focus on crimes such as Robbery, Rape, Homicide, Aggravated Assault and any other crime against an individual. The Crimes Against Property Unit consists of detectives who focus mainly on crimes such as burglary, theft, check forgery, auto theft and pawnshop management.

C.I.D. is also proficient in electronic surveillance, crime analysis and intelligence gathering.

In 2007, C.I.D. expanded the use of crime analysis and mapping software, allowing visualization response to future crime trends.

C.I.D. continues to seek cutting edge methods of investigation, crime analysis and forensics. In 2008, C.I.D. will continue and increase its focus on technological crimes against children and domestic violence.

The Records Section is a part of C.I.D. They are responsible for the daily input of all data into the computer system that is generated by the Department.