Led by a lieutenant, with two field sergeants as direct supervisors, one working a day shift and the other a middle shift.

Criminal Division does the following tasks:

• locates and apprehends wanted individuals.
• Confirms wanted persons’ identities by extracting information from JNET, CPIN, PennDot, JMS, Adult Probation and local police reports.
• Creates accurate entries for submission to NCIC for wanted criminals, juvenile delinquents and dependents, forwarding this information and hard copy of the warrant to the 911 Center.
• Cancels NCIC entries upon apprehension or withdrawal.
• Updates CPCMS
• Confirms wanted person entries as per Pennsylvania State Police guidelines.
• Extracts criminal history information for county employment:
  
  1. Human Resources
  2. Court Administration
  3. Adult Probation
  4. DUI Center
  5. Juvenile Detention Center
  6. Juvenile Probation
  7. Pretrial Services
  8. Coroner’s Office
• Extracts criminal history information for:
  
  1. District Attorney’s Office
  2. Arraignments
  3. Sentencing
  4. Coroner’s Office
  5. Decedents
  6. Housing Authority
  7. Prospective Tenants
  8. Provides security for home visits for:
     
     • Adult Probation
     • Children, Youth and Families
• Provides transportation for wanted individuals:
  
  • From local police departments to the Northampton County Prison
  • Juvenile delinquents to the Northampton County Juvenile Detention Center or other facility.
  • Juvenile dependents to county or out-of-county facilities.
  • Juvenile delinquents/dependents from secured facilities to court and back.
• Assists the U.S. Marshal Service in serving criminal warrants in our jurisdiction.
• Assists the Easton Police Department with their Weed-and-Seed warrant apprehension program.
• Assists the Bethlehem and Easton Police Departments with their saturation patrol programs.
• Assists the Northampton County Detectives with extradition transports.