As I start blogging about various high-level crimes right here in the Twin Cities, one of my information resources is the Minneapolis VCU. This is no secret and don't think that everything is all hush-hush like they do in the movies. I have other contacts too, but it got me wondering: what does VCU stand for?
VCU stands for Violent Crime Unit. The head honcho is Captain Lewis Mack and he has several investigators working in his division. Their primary focus are violent crimes, typically felony level and on occasion they investigate gross misdemeanors too.
New investigators spend eight weeks at the FBI Academy in Quantico, VA, learning the latest innovations in crime scene analysis, offender profiling, and advances in investigation technology. VCU is housed on the third floor of the Central Division Building, where they share office space with three other investigation units: PT (Property and Theft), TGTF (Terrorism and Gang Task Force), and SCI (Sex Crimes Investigations).
Since VCU will probably gain more of my attention, I will focus primarily on them.
That's all for now. Stay tuned for more shortly.
Signed,
Dexter L. Grant - AKA the Twin Cities Crime Blogger
