Maricopa County Sheriff's Office

The Jail Crimes Unit responds to and investigates crimes committed inside the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Jail System, Maricopa County Court Facilities, and the Maricopa County Juvenile Detention Centers. Investigations include, but are not limited to, deaths, assaults, aggravated assaults, sexual assaults, escapes, promoting prison contraband, and destruction of jail property.

A Jail Crimes Investigator’s specific duties consist of: conducting interviews of victims and witnesses; investigating leads and suspects; collecting and documenting evidence at crime scenes; attending autopsies; directing the activities of other investigative personnel at crime scenes; preparing cases for submission to prosecuting authorities; writing reports and maintaining statistical records; testifying before Grand Juries, Justice Courts, and Superior Courts.

Jail Crimes by the Numbers:	2015: 4350	2012: 1056
	2014: 2796	2011: 1023
	2013: 1296

PLEASE NOTE:

Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has partnered with BAIR Analytics to provide public crime mapping to their public through RAIDS Online. RAIDS Online makes it easier for Maricopa County residents to keep track of crime in their area. BAIR offers the public crime mapping service at absolutely no cost to the department or the public as a way to give back to the community. Maricopa County Sheriff is the 5th agency in the Phoenix area to take advantage of the free service. Any city or county in Arizona can provide public crime mapping and anonymous tips to their public through www.raidsonline.com at no cost.

RAIDS Online syncs with the Maricopa County’s crime records system to automatically upload crime information and keep it updated on the map. Maricopa County residents can view crimes near their home, school, work or other area of interest. Citizens who use RAIDS Online to become aware of crime trends can make more informed decisions regarding where they live, shop, play, send their kids to school and other important choices regarding their personal safety.

In addition to a map of crime, RAIDS Online allows citizens to sign up for daily or weekly email reports of recent crime activity. This allows the public to stay informed about crime simply by logging into their email system. The reports list each crime within a certain distance from the user’s address for the past day or week. A sign up from on the RAIDS Online website makes it easy for residents to sign up for reports.

BAIR offers RAIDS Online as a free service to any law enforcement agency who wishes to participate. At present, most agencies spend thousands of dollars annually to provide even the most basic crime map to their community. Maricopa County is providing this service to the public at absolutely no cost to the department.

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