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Office of Campus Risk Management |
Division of Public Safety Administrative Services |
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Investigation Team The Investigation Section handles criminal investigations that occur on University property and administrative investigations for other units on campus, including personnel and background inquires. Investigators handle a wide variety of criminal cases including: burglaries, thefts, robberies, sexual assaults, drug investigations, workplace violence incidents, and various types of computer and financial crimes such as forgery, internal thefts, and financial identity theft. Over the past year the Investigation Section received numerous complaints of debit card fraud against banking and credit card institutions. Several of the investigations were linked to common suspects who received attention by the federal prosecutor’s office. Lesser cases were handled at the state prosecutor’s level. Investigators are also called upon to testify in court and at student discipline hearings, and they provide plainclothes support for special events and VIP protection. Investigators are available for callback on a rotating basis for incidents which occur after hours where an investigator is needed. In addition, investigators are charged with gathering intelligence, including partnering with other law enforcement agencies about terrorist type activities that may affect the University. Investigation Lieutenant Lieutenant Roy Acree has been with the University Police Department since 1988 and has  been serving as the
Investigations Lieutenant since May 2006. Prior to being promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant he served as the Sergeant of Investigations.
Lieutenant. Acree’s duties includes supervising the Investigation
Section as well as the planning and coordinating of special events. He
also serves as one of the department’s representative’s on the
county-wide Serious Use of Force Team. Lieutenant Acree also serves on
the Assembly Hall Advisory Committee, the Champaign County Child
Advocacy Center Governing Board, the Internal Review Committee, the
Campus Homecoming Committee as well as the Freedom Celebration
Committee. Lieutenant Acree graduated from the University of Illinois in
1985 and has been working as police officer for nearly twenty-two years.Investigation Sergeant Sergeant Anthony Brown's primary duties include assisting with the supervision of the Investigation  Section,
assigning special details for Departmental investigators, evidence
disposition, and approving reports completed by investigators. Sergeant
Brown also serves on the Interpersonal Violence Committee, Investigative
Review Committee, Special Situations Committee, CrimeStoppers Committee,
and the county-wide Serious Use of Force Investigation Team.Evidence Custodian Viki Hawley, a retired investigator from the University Police Department, currently works as the evidence custodian. Her duties include preserving the security of the evidence, as well as maintaining the computerized database of all the evidence held at the University Police Department. Question regarding evidence should be directed to the evidence custodian. Office hours are Tuesday 9am - 5pm. Phone: 217-244-7029 Email : vlhawley@uiuc.edu |
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