North Little Rock Police Department

The Investigations Division is led by Captain Donnie Bridges. The division is composed of the Detective Office, Special Investigations Unit, and Narcotics Unit. Listed below is a short description of each unit with links that may be useful.

The Detective Office is responsible for follow up investigations to crimes reported to patrol officers. The unit is divided up into three sections, Property Crimes, Juvenile and Sex Crimes, and Crimes Against Persons. The Property Crimes section investigates burglaries, auto thefts, breaking or entering, and other related crimes. The Juvenile and Sex Crimes sections investigates all crimes involving juveniles, domestic battery, rape, and sexual assault crimes. This section also has detectives assigned to work forgery and financial crimes as well as tracking sex offenders who live in North Little Rock. The Crimes Against Persons section investigates violent crimes such as assaults, batteries, robberies and homicides.

The Special Investigations Unit is a multi- purpose unit that was designed to assist patrol, the Detective Office and Narcotics with specialized investigations. They have a multitude of tasks, including conducting surveillance, dignitary protection, gang intelligence, and statistal analysis of crime. They also work vice and underage liquor sales investigations. The specialty of the SIU, however, is the aggressive pursuit of Internet sexual predators. The SIU has been extremely successful in identifying and arresting those individuals who pursue children for sex on the Internet.

The Narcotics Unit is responsible for the investigation of the sale and manufacture of illegal drugs. The members of this unit are highly trained individuals who work proactively to help fight the spread of illicit drug use. Members work with merchants and schools in the community to help educate them in the fight against drug abuse.