Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 8517 – Local assistance
(a) At the request of any officer or official described in §§ 8507, 8509 and 8510 of this title, the Superintendent of State Police may direct the Director to assist such officer:
(1) In the establishment of local identification and record system;
(2) In investigating the circumstances of any crime and in the identification, apprehension and conviction of the perpetrator or perpetrators thereof, and for this purpose may detail such employee or employees of the Bureau, for such length of time as the Director deems fit; and
(3) Without such request the Director shall, at the direction of the Governor, detail such employee or employees, for such time as the Governor deems fit, to investigate any crime within this State, for the purpose of identifying, apprehending and convicting the perpetrator or perpetrators thereof.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 8517
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) The Governor may, in the Governor’s discretion, delegate to the Secretary of Public Safety the powers, duties or functions set forth in this section.
42 Del. Laws, c. 181, § ?14; 11 Del. C. 1953, § ?8514; 57 Del. Laws, c. 670, § ?4C; 63 Del. Laws, c. 188, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;