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Davis County attorney honors investigative bureau for prosecutions, victim services
Summary
Davis County Attorney Troy Rawlings praised members of the county's investigative bureau on April 8 for their role in prosecutions, specialty courts and multiagency investigations, citing awards, years of experience and statistics through 2023.
Davis County Attorney Troy Rawlings used the April 8 Davis County Commission meeting to publicly commend members of his office's investigative bureau for their work on prosecutions, child-exploitation investigations, officer-involved-use-of-force probes and specialty court cases.
Rawlings told the commission that the unit, led by bureau chief Craig Webb and including Capt. Brent Baggs and Lieutenants John Herndon, Dre Cam, Brian Purdy and Tim Cottrell, collectively brought substantial experience and a string of recognitions to Davis County. Rawlings said the group had, through 2023, 161 collective years of law-enforcement experience, about 114 years assigned to investigations and 81 awards and accommodations.
Rawlings highlighted the bureau's work on Internet Crimes Against Children investigations, saying the unit was repeatedly recognized as a top producer in Utah and that the team had worked with federal partners on cases that led to the arrest and successful prosecution of “over a thousand perpetrators coming into Davis County to prey on our children.” He also said the office received a national honor he identified as the Bud Kramer award.
He described the unit's role coordinating complex investigations, including what he said were 36 officer-involved-use-of-force investigations and 27 homicide investigations recorded on the chart he presented, and noted the bureau's work to assemble investigative packages quickly for prosecutorial screening. Rawlings said those packages are typically prepared on an accelerated timeline so prosecutors and partner agencies can determine whether criminal charges are warranted.
Rawlings also emphasized the bureau's role in courts and rehabilitation programs. He said investigative staff support prosecutors in roughly 80% of cases that go to jury trial and that investigators serve subpoenas and testify. He described work on specialty courts, including drug court and mental health court, where he said two investigators act as "trackers" who help monitor participants' compliance with treatment and court conditions; Rawlings said about 2,400 people had been served in that capacity through 2023.
Rawlings thanked county partners, including the sheriff's office and the county crime lab, and singled out paralegal Mackenzie Nelson for regularly praising the investigators' professionalism. He asked commissioners to allow the recognition at the public meeting so the community could hear about the office's work.
Commissioners John Krauts (filling in for Chair Lorraine Kamalu) and Bob Stevenson were present and acknowledged the commendation. No formal action was required or taken on the recognition.
