Assaults Detail
The Assaults Detail
The Assaults Detail is responsible for the investigation of a wide variety of serious incidents including assaults, kidnappings, weapons violations, and hate crimes. The Assaults Detail is comprised of two sergeants and seven detectives. Investigators are routinely tasked with investigating serious assault cases, such as shootings, stabbings and beatings involving serious injury. Assaults Detail detectives are also responsible for aggressively investigating hate crime incidents. A hate crime is defined as any unlawful action against the person or property of another, committed because of the victim’s actual or perceived race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, gender, or sexual orientation. The unit is committed to investigating, identifying and prosecuting those who commit acts of violence within the City of San Jose