Criminal Investigations

The Criminal Investigations Unit (CIU) is the primary investigative unit for the department. The unit conducts criminal investigations of violations of Maryland state law and administrative investigations of UMD policies, on university property or within its statutory jurisdiction. Crimes are analyzed for solvability factors, evidence recovered, trends and the criminal’s characteristic patterns or “modus operandi.”

Investigators in this unit have received training in basic and advanced criminal investigative techniques, crime scene reconstruction, blood spatter analysis, evidence collection, interview and interrogation (to include trauma-informed interview techniques) and computer forensics. Its members serve on multiple federal and state task forces. CIU plans and executes crime reduction and deterrence operations based upon crime analysis, investigation and intelligence, and is also responsible for dignitary protection at university events, working closely with federal, state and local partners.