This multidisciplinary team – consisting of special agents, forensic scientists and criminal intelligence analysts – assists local law enforcement in finding answers to unsolved homicides and sexual assaults.
To learn more, visit the Cold Case Unit pages.
Independence is a bedrock principle of fair investigations. When law enforcement agencies investigate their own — no matter how competent and thorough the investigation — the approach can jeopardize community trust in the outcome. The Ohio Attorney General’s Office offers a solution: BCI’s Major Case Response Team (MCRT).
This team is made up of investigators independent of local law enforcement who are trusted for their skill and expertise in documenting the facts of officer-involved critical incidents.
BCI’s Force Investigations Unit and its Major Case Response Team have the experience and training to ensure that any incident is properly, fairly, and thoroughly reviewed, and they produce trustworthy results.
The unit literally wrote the book on how to run these investigations.
To report an officer-involved critical incident and request a BCI investigation, law enforcement agencies should call 855-BCI-OHIO (855-224-6446). By calling the same number, agencies can obtain a detailed guide to requesting help from the Major Case Response Team.
The Special Investigations Unit handles cases of OHLEG misuse and helps local law enforcement solve, among other crimes, felony-level cases of homicide, financial crimes, public corruption, and voter fraud. In the vast majority of these cases, members of this unit can investigate only when their assistance is requested by a local law enforcement agency or prosecutor’s office.
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