Major Crimes Unit investigates:   -  Deaths and felony assault cases (including domestic violence) -  Robbery -  Digital forensics -  Kidnapping   -  Unlawful imprisonment   Responds to all child death cases within jurisdiction, including suspected Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS); this is mandated by law.   Special Assault Unit:  -  Investigates sexual assaults and neglect or abuse cases. It also monitors individuals on the state-wide sex-offender registry. Major Accident Response and Reconstruction Unit:   -  Investigates fatality and serious injury accidents; also provides assistance at major crime scenes. Polygraph Unit:   -  Provides polygraph support for criminal investigations and pre-employment screening. Fire/Arson Investigation Unit:   -  Conducts comprehensive fire investigations to determine origin and cause of fires; performs criminal investigation of those fires determined to be arson. Criminal Intelligence:   -  Gathers and shares intelligence products and maintains liaison with state and local law enforcement officers.   -  Collects, evaluates and analyzes incident reports of suspicious activities reported by the public and law enforcement communities in an effort to identify potential trends or patterns of terrorist operations. Criminal Warrants Unit:   -  Handles criminal and material witness warrants issued out of King County courts, performs extradition and transports prisoners between jurisdictions. Special Support Enforcement Unit: -  Enforces court ordered child support. Civil Unit: - Serves legal documents throughout the county, conducts evictions, and enforces orders of the court. AFIS Section: - Promotes public safety and contributes to crime reduction by providing fingerprint identification to criminal justice agencies throughout King County.

Works to provide consumers the information they need to understand the terms of their agreements with financial companies. Also: -  Writes rules, supervises companies and enforces federal consumer financial protection laws -  Restricts unfair, deceptive or abusive acts or practices within financial companies -  Takes consumer complaints about financial companies -  Promotes financial education -  Monitors financial markets for new risks to consumers -  Enforces laws that outlaw discrimination and other unfair treatment in consumer finance  Provides information on a wide range of topics of interest to consumers dealing with financial companies, including:   -  Paying for college and student loans -  Planning for retirement -  Owning a home -  Protections against credit discrimination -  Trouble paying a mortgage -  Preventing financial exploitation of older adults -  Consumer financial challenges affecting service members and veterans   Receives confidential reports from whistleblowers who have information about companies or individuals that are violating federal consumer financial laws. Provides information on website in several languages; responds to telephone inquiries from consumers.

Provides regulatory oversight for state-chartered commercial banks, savings and loan associations, savings banks, trust companies, foreign banks, credit unions, payday loan companies and check cashers and sellers. Issues licenses to financial companies operating in Washington. Also provides oversight of mortgage brokers, mortgage loan originators, investment advisers, franchises and securities.  Consumers may file a complaint after contacting the company directly and getting no positive results. Cannot give legal advice, nor recommend attorneys. The agency cannot pursue redress on your behalf. Contact a private attorney who can advise you of your rights.