The primary objectives of the criminal investigation department in Hamm are to solve crimes, identify suspects and protect victims.

This requires a holistic approach by combining preventive and repressive measures. Prevention focuses on protecting people from becoming victims of crime - for example, by informing them about new scams on the internet or the tricks of pickpockets. The second area of criminal police work comprises all investigative measures required to solve crimes. These are always geared towards the individual case and can be carried out both overtly and covertly, always in close coordination with the public prosecutor's office and the courts. The collection of evidence, including through interrogations, plays a key role in the first step. Based on this, the investigators decide which further investigative steps and measures are the most promising and implement them.

In order to bundle competencies in the best possible way, the various crime areas are dealt with in different criminal investigation departments by qualified investigators.

In addition, the crime station is available around the clock for all immediate criminal investigation measures.

Directorate K is organized as follows:

Kriminalkommissariat 1: death and fire investigations, sexual offences, assault offences, domestic violence, missing adults and other areas of crime

Kriminalkommissariat 2: property crime incl. burglary offences, bicycle offences, burglary offences and criminal investigations. Burglary offenses, bicycle theft and motor vehicle offenses, robbery and narcotics crime

Kriminalkommissariat 3: Fraud and forgery offenses including offenses against the elderly, cybercrime and gambling, IT investigation support and financial investigations

Kriminalkommissariat 4: Juvenile case processing, missing children and. Juveniles, criminal offenses in connection with immigration law violations, identification service, central report recording service, criminal file management and other areas of responsibilitys

Criminal Investigation Department KP/O: Kriminalprävention, Victim protection, Project PeRiskoP, Initiative "Kurve kriegen" and organizational connection of the contact officer for Muslim institutions

Criminal investigation department

In particularly outstanding cases, such as homicides, organized crime, white-collar crime or politically motivated crime, the investigations are taken over by the responsible criminal investigation department, Dortmund Police Headquarters.