Criminal Investigations requires extensive training in the following specialized areas; Interview and Interrogation, Robbery and sexual Assault, Hostage and Crisis Negotiations, Child Interview Approaches, Undercover and Covert Operations, Identity Theft, Internet & Computer Crimes, Domestic Violence and Abuse, Digital Photography, Hate & Bias Crimes Investigations and Homicide Investigative Techniques.
The Criminal Investigative Division is responsible for responding to all major crimes and handle a wide variety of cases.
Detectives are called upon to investigate Homicides, Robbery, Burglary, Felony Assaults, Arson, Sexual Abuse, Fraud, Forgery, Theft, Gambling, Prostitution, Missing Persons and all other forms of major crime activity.
The Criminal Investigative Division is also responsible for all Internal Affairs Investigations, Evidence & Property Management and Acts as the Law Enforcement Coordinator of "Crime Stoppers" and the "Not In My School Program".
Currently the criminal investigative division consist of the following personnel:
CID Commander - Lt. Mark Phaup
Detective Danny Hopper
Detective Scott Gipson
Detective Corey Miller
Detective Ryan Clark
Detective Clay Stroud
Crime Scene Investigator - Justin Jones
Bike Patrol
Working in pairs bike officers in Madisonville are daily practitioners of Community Policing. Benefits from bicycle patrols include:
Officers are out of cars and accessible to public.
Subjects cannot generally outrun officers on bicycles.
Officers can approach silently on the specially designed bicycles which makes them excellent for drug "sting" take downs (stealth).
Much more ground can be covered on a bicycle patrol than on foot.
Bicycles can go where cars are unable to go.
Crowd control.
Honor Guard
On average, one law enforcement officer is killed in the line of duty somewhere in the United States every 53 hours. Since the first known line-of-duty death in 1792, nearly 19,000 U.S. law enforcement officers have made the ultimate sacrifice.
The Madisonville Police Honor Guard is designated to provide the Department with a specially trained ceremonial team to render honors, preserve tradition, stimulate esprit-de-corps and instill pride.
The Honor Guard accomplishes this by providing guidance and uniformity in the conduct of ceremonies and by establishing a specific sequence of events during those ceremonies. The unit also provides a highly trained, specially uniformed group of motivated officers to perform the particulars of those ceremonies.
Motorcycle Patrol
The Madisonville Police Dept has three Harley-Davidson Motorcycles used to help enforce traffic laws and help reduce traffic accidents in high accident prone areas. Additionally they can be utilized for details such as crime prevention and educational programs, law enforcement displays, parades, funeral escorts etc....
K-9 Units
The Madisonville Police Dept. currently has two units consisting of one German Sheppard and one handler. The units are used for drug interdiction, tracking, building searches, criminal apprehension and demonstrations.
Both canine teams are maintained in all of the areas and are tested regularly and are certified once a year thru the United States Police Canine Association. This national organization is involved in the certification process all across the nation. The Canine Units belongs to Region 5 which includes Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. Dog teams from those three states come together for certification and competition annually.
ERT
The Madisonville Police Dept. Emergency Response Team (ERT) seeks to peacefully resolve all critical incidents with minimal use of force. Whenever possible negotiated surrender of the suspect(s) is the desired outcome. ALL life is precious and deadly force will be used only as a last resort to protect innocent lives.
The Madisonville Police Dept. ERT is a part time team whose members occupy full time positions within other units of the department. Trained negotiators &the K-9 units are on hand and are integral parts of the team.
