Criminal Investigations Division

The Criminal Investigations Division is commanded by Lieutenant Eloy Martinez and Sergeant Jose Benavides who directly supervise 8 (eight) Detectives, a Support Services staff member and 1 (two) K-9 handlers . Investigating crime represents the most obvious responsibility of the Criminal Investigations unit. Personnel in this division are responsible for follow-up investigations of criminal cases. They work closely with victims, witnesses, citizens, and other law enforcement agencies to solve problems and crimes.

  1. 1 Detective Badge
  2. 2 crime scene
  3. 3 Fingerprint dusting
  4. 4 Maginifier

Criminal Investigations Division Members

Rank / Title Badge Number / Name Phone # Email Address
Lieutenant 108 Eloy Martinez (956) 658-8453 emartinez@cityofsanbenito.com
Sergeant 114 Jose Benavides (956) 658-8513 jbenavides@cityofsanbenito.com
Detective / Case Prep 123 Martin Guzman (956)  mguzman@cityofsanbenito.com
Detective 130 Manuel Alvarez (956) 658-8552 malvarez@cityofsanbenito.com
Detective  180 Kathy Pardo (956) 468-2204 kpardo@cityofsanbenito.com
Detective  170 Marcos Valdez (956) 468-0964 mvaldez@cityofsanbenito.com
Detective  SIU 1 (956)  @cityofsanbenito.com
Detective SIU 2 (956) @cityofsanbenito.com
Detective SIU 3 (956)  @cityofsanbenito.com
Detective- Public Integrity Division 142 David Rodriguez (956) 658-8540 drodriguez@cityofsanbenito.com
Support Services / Public Information  162 Oscar Lara (956) 658-8536 olara@cityofsanbenito.com
K-9 Handler / w/ K-9 "Ghost" 172 Rendell Stansbury (956) rstansbury@cityofsanbenito.com

Responsibilities

Detectives generally specialize in areas such as major crimes, property crimes, personal crimes, juvenile and sex crimes, and white collar crimes (frauds, forgeries and counterfeiting). Depending on their assignment, investigators carry a continuous "case load". The Criminal Investigations Sergeant will assign cases depending on their significance and solvability factors. Solvability factors include those leads which help investigators solve the case. Examples include names or descriptions of suspects, serial numbers or identifying marks on stolen property, or witnesses to the crime.