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A DEDICATION

TO DETAILS

2017 was a monumental year for victims
of sexual assault and their families.
Senate Bill 1571, commonly referred to
as Melissa’s Law, took effect on January
1, 2017 in Oregon, mandating specific
requirements related to the collection, INVESTIGATION TEAMS
submission, retention and destruction
of Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence
(SAFE) kits. Facing a state-wide backlog WESTSIDE INTERAGENCY murder, attempted murder, armed and video data to identify

of untested SAFE kits, the bill required NARCOTICS (WIN) robbery, kidnapping, weapons communication patterns,
violations, and felony property
law enforcement agencies in Oregon to WIN is a task force comprised of crimes, where the perpetrators, criminal associates, and
other types of evidence that
submit all untested kits to the state lab personnel from Beaverton, Hillsboro victims, or witnesses have ties to leaves a digital trail while
by year’s end. Lab reports with actionable and Tigard Police Departments, as gangs. ensuring we comply with legal
DANA SHAVER | Senior Investigative Support Specialist items could then help investigators with well as WCSO, the Oregon National requirements that involve
unsolved cases throughout the state. Guard Counter-Drug Program, and PROPERTY CRIMES UNIT (PCU) search and seizure.
the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 2. Criminal intelligence experts
Dana Shaver, Senior Investigative Support Specialist, was the driving force behind WCSO’s WIN was formed in 1993, recognizing Detectives in PCU work the most gather information and share
efforts to catch up with these critically important changes. She meticulously reviewed 532 the need for a cooperative effort in serious felony cases of burglary, auto it with the rest of the law
reports from 1999-2016 that had a SAFE kit processed at the state lab, helped process untested the investigation and enforcement theft, embezzlement and larceny. enforcement community to
This work group also monitors
of drug laws. The WIN mission is
kits and assigned actionable cases to deputies and detectives. Dana continues to review lab to target all drug traffickers in and pawn shop records and online solve crime. They also rely on
reports and assign new cases to investigators - about 10 to 15 per week on average - as WCSO around the Washington County transactions for the sale of illegal predictive policing software
that uses historic data and
works tirelessly around the clock to ensure justice for victims and their families. area. WIN works closely with other goods. PCU utilizes technology and Geographic Information
narcotics task forces in the area, public service campaigns to deter
A member of the WCSO family for 29 years, Dana is widely regarded as the nucleus of the as well as various federal agencies and reduce property crimes. System to predict where
deputies have the greatest
Investigations Division, with her influence touching almost every aspect of the agency’s crime- charged with the responsibility to chance to prevent criminal
solving capabilities. She is ultimately responsible for managing every case (not just from SAFE enforce drug laws. SPECIAL INVESTIGATION UNIT activity.
kit lab reports) assigned to investigators at WCSO, developing and implementing procedures INTERAGENCY GANG (SIU)
to make the complex investigations process more efficient, generating divisional statistics ENFORCEMENT TEAM (IGET) SIU melds the skills and knowledge VIOLENT CRIMES UNIT (VCU)
reports, and being the contact person for multiple web-based programs that help deputies IGET provides law enforcement of two different disciplines to more VCU focuses on incidents where
fight crime – just to name a few. agencies in Washington County effectively solve crimes by applying the suspect’s actions are violent,
threatening or have the potential to
with information and analysis technology. harm the victim. This includes crimes
to help protect the public and such as assaults with a weapon,
suppress gang related criminal 1. Digital exploitation specialists robbery, homicide, kidnapping,
activity. IGET often assists in extract information from cell stalking, sex crimes and child abuse.
investigations involving assaults, phones, GPS, computers,

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