Investigations
The Investigations topic area furnishes cops with the latest news, information and strategies used in closing a case and putting bad guys behind bars. This touches on everything that happens between the suspect’s crimes to the final conviction.
After finding most violent crime had a domestic violence nexus, the department launched Operation Cycle Break and saw a 57% drop in repeat offending in four months
Sheriff Leon Lott credits rapid scene control, collaborative case management and technology integration for the department’s 100% homicide clearance rate
Expanded cyberbullying statutes are shifting routine school discipline to detectives, creating juvenile cases that rarely meet criminal thresholds and strain investigative resources
A prosecutor ruled the Boise officer acted on a “reasonable mistake of fact” after 911 callers misidentified an armed IDOC officer during the inmate escape
Michael Black jammed the gun with his hand and other bystanders put the shooter in a chokehold, subduing the suspect before he died from a self-inflicted gunshot, authorities said
Integrating civilians, structured internet sleuth programs, artificial intelligence and regional partnerships may be the key to sustaining clearance rates in the 21st century
Police say the investigation follows newly released documents alleging Prince Andrew shared confidential government information while serving as a trade envoy
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Pawtucket PD Chief Tina Goncalves credited an unnamed spectator who intervened, bringing the attack “to a swift end;" Goncalves also stated the shooter died from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound
Cybergenetics’ TrueAllele software enhances RapidHIT results by interpreting even the most challenging DNA evidence and turning them into clear, scientifically supported match statistics
FBI Director Kash Patel released previously unseen images showing the suspected captor of “TODAY” host Savannah Guthrie’s mother
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A supervisor and three instructors were charged with involuntary manslaughter after prosecutors said boxing-related training led to the death of Trooper Enrique Delgado-Garcia
On Dec. 13, gunman Claudio Neves Valente entered a Brown academic building and opened fire, killing Ella Cook, 19, and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, 18, and wounding nine others
“With AI these days you can make videos that appear to be very real. So we can’t just take a video and trust that that’s proof of life,” Heith Janke, the FBI chief in Phoenix, said
When confronted by a supervisor about having the photo of Rafael Perez visible on his phone, the current LAPD officer expressed admiration for Perez, according to four sources
Authorities say leaked police data was used to facilitate shootings, drug trafficking and an attempted murder of an Ontario corrections manager
Of the 230 homicides logged, officials said that 156, or 68%, were considered solved; factoring in the 78 killings from past years that were solved in 2025, the rate rose to 101%
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s order instructs the Chicago PD to preserve BWC footage, identify federal supervisors at the scene and complete reports in cases of alleged misconduct
As online grooming reshapes missing-child cases, the National Child Protection Task Force is helping agencies use technology and legal tools to locate endangered children
Always-on video now captures incidents before officers arrive and long after scenes are cleared, forcing agencies to rethink investigative workload, risk and evidence management
This tool turns isolated investigations into cross-agency opportunities
The Mount Pleasant Police Department launched an investigation after receiving a tip and initially fired two officers; another investigation led to the separation of eight more
Federal officials said officers fired defensive shots during an immigration operation after a man with a handgun approached and resisted attempts to disarm him
Adrian Gonzalez was found not guilty of child endangerment for his actions during the 2022 mass shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers
Portland Police are searching for a suspect who shot and wounded two officers; the officers were taken to a hospital in stable condition
The gunman had posted online that he believed he was being surveilled by law enforcement before carrying out the attack that killed Cpl. Matthew Snook, the state’s homicide unit said
This new platform helps investigators discover – and head off – the dangerous plots of major criminals
During the search of the storage facility where Claudio Neves Valente’s body was found, the FBI recovered an electronic device containing a series of his videos made after the shootings
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