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The Special Victims Unit (SVU) is a division within the New York City Police Department.

The Detectives in this division investigate crimes involving sexual assault, the very young, or the very elderly, as well as any crime loosely connected with any of the three. The unit also deals with murder, abduction, robbery and child pornography cases. The unit is housed in several different boroughs.

Manhattan SVUEdit

The unit is located within the 16th Precinct in Manhattan, New York City. Manhattan SVU is the division that is featured in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

DetectivesEdit

• Elliot Stabler
• Olivia Benson
• Nick Amaro
• Amanda Rollins
• Odafin Tutuola
• Chester Lake
• Dani Beck
• Monique Jeffries
• Brian Cassidy
• Ken Briscoe

Commanding officersEdit

• Captain Donald Cragen
• Captain Steven Harris (Interim) During Cragen suspension
• Sergeant John Munch Squad Supervisor

In early episodes the Special Victims Unit was often depicted as the "Sex Crimes division", or "Manhattan SVU".

ADAsEdit

The Special Victims Unit works with a special divison of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office called the Sex Crimes Bureau.

• Alexandra Cabot
• Casey Novak
• Kim Greylek
• Kristen Torres
• Kendra Gill
• Garret Blane
• Samantha Copeland
• Jo Marlowe
• Elizabeth "Liz" Cara Donnely
• Sonya Paxton
• Gillian "Jill" Hardwicke
• Sherri West
• Rafael Barba

Other SVUsEdit

The Bronx SVU unit is located in The Bronx. The Brooklyn SVU unit is located in Brooklyn and Detective Chester Lake is a transfer from Brooklyn SVU. The Queens SVU unit is located in Queens.

The real Special Victims UnitEdit

The NYPD does have a real unit that investigates sex crimes which, same as depicted in the show, is housed in separate Borough Patrols, (i.e. Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx & Queens). In addition to the different name, the real Special Victims Squad only investigates the following types of cases:

• Any child under 13 years of age who is the victim of any sex crime or attempted sex crime.
• Any child under 11 years of age who is the victim of abuse by a parent or person legally responsible for the care of the child.
• Any victim of rape (all degrees) or attempted rape (all degrees)
• Any victim of Criminal Sexual Act (all degrees) or Attempted Criminal Sexual Act (all degrees)
• Victims of Aggravated Sexual Abuse (all degrees)
• Victims of Sexual Abuse 1st Degree

The Special Victims Squad does not investigate any murder, robbery or child pornography cases. Murders and robberies are investigated by precinct detective squads. If a sex crime is involved, the Special Victims Squad may assist in the investigation. Child pornography is investigated by the NYPD Vice Enforcement Sexual Exploitation of Children Unit.