Major Crimes Division

Major Dave Wood -- Email


Crimes Against Children Unit
435 S. Third Street
Louisville , KY 40203
Phone (502) 574-2465

Lieutenant Tom Dreher -- Email

Sexual Abuse Squad
Investigates all sexual abuse cases of juveniles except when the victim is sixteen to eighteen years of age and the perpetrator is not a caretaker.

Physical Abuse Squad
Responsibilities include the investigation of all reported cases of child abuse in which the victim is a juvenile, and a parent or other caretaker inflicts the injury.

Missing Persons Squad
Investigates all missing persons reports with the exception of kidnappings for ransom or the victims of suspected violent crimes who can not be found.

Internet Crimes
Responsibilities include investigating sexual exploitation crimes committed against juveniles utilizing electronic means.


To view Missing Children cases, please click here.


Homicide Squad
633 W. Jefferson St.
Louisville, KY  40202
Phone (502) 574-7055

Lieutenant Barry Wilkerson -- Email

Investigates homicides, critical assaults, serious assaults against police officers, suicides, suspicious deaths, kidnapping for ransom or missing persons suspected to be victims of violent crimes.


Robbery Squad
633 W. Jefferson St.
Louisville, KY  40202
Phone (502) 574-2474

Lieutenant James Mueller -- Email

Investigates all first degree robberies of permanently located retail businesses when the perpetrator clearly intends to take the business cash, narcotics, property or property of employees making bank drops. The squad shall also investigate first degree street robberies that involve the same suspect and span more than one Division.

Armed Suspect Apprehension Program -- ASAP


Special Victims Unit

Lieutenant Eddie Jones -- Email

Sex Crimes Squad
633 W. Jefferson St.
Louisville, KY  40202
Phone (502) 574-7672

Investigates all felony sexual assaults involving adult victims and all felony sexual assaults involving victims sixteen years or older and the perpetrator is not serving as a caretaker for the victim.

Crimes Against Seniors Squad
633 W. Jefferson St.
Louisville, KY  40202
Phone (502) 574-2278

Investigates abuse, neglect and financial exploitation of persons that are sixty years of age and older or at-risk adults who are being victimized primarily because of their age.


Crimes Against Property Unit

Lieutenant Danny Assef -- Email

Fraud Squad
633 W. Jefferson St.
Louisville, KY  40202
Phone (502) 574-7045

Investigates crimes involving forged or counterfeit checks, possession of forgery devices, identity thefts, consumer fraud, business fraud, embezzlement and pigeon drops. 

Auto Theft
633 W. Jefferson St.
Louisville, KY  40202
Phone (502) 574-7602

Investigates impounded vehicles that have been stolen or contain stolen items.

Pawn Shop Squad
633 W. Jefferson St.
Louisville, KY  40202
Phone (502) 574-7650

Conducts physical examinations of pawn shops and inspects pawn shop records.


Forensic Investigation

Lieutenant Lynn Hunt -- Email

Video Forensics Analysis Squad
633 W. Jefferson St.
Louisville, KY  40202
Phone (502) 574-7062

Conducts forensic video analysis of surveillance video seized from crime scenes and the videotaping of major crime scenes.

Computer Forensics and Analysis Squad
633 W. Jefferson St.
Louisville, KY  40202
Phone (502) 574-7746

Provides support operations for all department investigators including seizures and examinations of computers, computer systems and computer media.

Crime Scene Unit
633 W. Jefferson St.
Louisville, KY  40202
Phone (502) 574-7036

Assists officers at crime scenes by photographing, preserving, collecting, processing, packaging and transporting evidence. 

Polygraph
633 W. Jefferson St.
Louisville, KY  40202
Phone (502) 574-2107

Provides support to investigative units by conducting polygraph investigations.