Lincoln Police Department Annual Report 2009 - City of Lincoln ...

N ARCOTICS UNIT
CAPTAIN BRIAN JACKSON
E DUCATION & PERSONNEL UNIT
CAPTAIN TERRENCE SHERRILL
The Narcotics Unit is an interagency task force composed of officers from the Lincoln
Police Department, Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office and the University of Nebraska Police
Department. The Narcotics Unit works cooperatively with several other State and Federal
agencies. Supervised by Captain Brian Jackson, the members of the unit conduct
investigations into drug trafficking and other drug law violations. In 2009, the Narcotics
Unit seized an estimated $822,760 in illegal substances and property. A gang analyst is also
assigned to the unit to track known gang populations and crimes associated with the
members.
The Education and Personnel Unit provides a wide variety of services related to training
and human resources. This includes the extensive task of recruitment and hiring of police
recruits, conducting police training academies, providing in-service and elective training for
veteran officers. The unit also administers the Neighborhood Watch and Business Watch
programs and provides numerous crime prevention presentations and special projects.
Captain Terrence Sherrill, who commands the unit, has continued to challenge his staff to
provide high quality training and a maximum amount of services for a minimal amount of
expenditure.