The Dubuque Police Department is approved by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies. It offers community-oriented policing and crime prevention services to the city of Dubuque, Iowa. The department s Crime Prevention Unit offers training and assistance to civic groups, neighborhood associations, businesses, senior citizens and youth organizations. The Dubuque Police Department has a criminal investigation division that conducts crime scene processing, narcotic investigations, juvenile operations and polygraph examinations. The department intervenes in cases of robbery, assault, sexual abuse, financial crime, and suspicious and violent deaths. The Dubuque Police Department s records division maintains criminal background checks and offenses, incidents and accidents reports.