Delaware Code § 11-8517

Local assistance
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(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.

(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.

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