Background Investigators

[Hortiz]

In larger police departments, do B.I.'s do other LEO duties or are they too bogged down to do background investigations and other police work?

[Ironhead]

In larger police departments, do B.I.'s do other LEO duties or are they too bogged down to do background investigations and other police work?

It all depends on the Dept and the amount of turnover they have. The more turnover - the more work for the backgound investigator. I think that most moderate to large departments have backgound investigators that do nothing else.

[ChesCopPodz]

The BI's at my department, 5 total, do nothing but hiring people and background checks.

[Kimble]

In larger police departments, do B.I.'s do other LEO duties or are they too bogged down to do background investigations and other police work?

My department is the largest county-level LE agency in my state. Our BI's are assigned to our department's Internal Affairs division. In addition to doing applicant-related work (including BI's) they also investigative administrative cases and internal personnel-related misconduct/criminal activities.

[Somebody]

Our officers do the BI's here.