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.
Technology gives police the ability to quickly identify repeat persons of interest (POI), share intelligence across agencies and work with retailers to dismantle organized retail crime networks and violence in stores
Law enforcement agencies are drowning in data, and much of this data is fake
Lauder’s support of Revelen.ai’s ShotOptix is helping officers solve gun crimes in minutes with real-time ballistics intelligence — boosting clearance rates without expanding budgets
The Marysville Police Department and the Yuba County Sheriff’s Office denied workplace safety violations alleged by CAL-OSHA in the shooting death of Officer Osmar Rodarte
Kyren Lacy, an LSU receiver who had declared for the NFL draft, was charged for allegedly causing the crash that killed a man; Lacy died by apparent suicide before his trial
One officer was shot in the knee, and one was struck in the ankle; responding officers used a drone to ensure the suspect was down following the incident
Digital Evidence Management
How agencies can build an edge-to-core-to-cloud platform to manage today’s digital evidence and prepare for tomorrow’s challenges
How expanding beyond traditional license plate data is transforming crime-fighting capabilities
Thomas Sanford was killed by police after driving his truck into a Church of the Latter-day Saints building, shooting multiple people and setting fire to the structure
Utah Valley University’s campus police, already a smaller-than-average force, didn’t fly a drone to monitor rooftops or coordinate with local law enforcement to secure the event
NYPD
The officer and her husband, also an officer, were waiting for a train when a man attempted to rob them; the female officer fired her weapon at the man, striking him in the arm
Extremist tactics, sniper attacks and online incitement are reshaping the threat landscape, leaving officers with shrinking windows to respond
The suspect, who has been previously arrested for barricading himself from LEOs with a “weapon of mass destruction,” tried to stab himself with a pen after hearing the guilty verdict
Eight deputies and detectives have been fired and 11 more have been suspended following the death of Mary Gingles, her father and a neighbor
Court upheld a 15-year sentence after ruling a defendant who claimed he was “saving” minors targeted in a child sex sting
Northern York County Regional Police Detective Sgt. Cody Becker, Detective Mark Baker and Detective Isaiah Emenheiser were shot and killed as they entered the door of a residence
Washington County Sheriff Nate Brooksby credited a retired detective and the suspect’s family for facilitating a peaceful surrender after a 33-hour manhunt for Tyler Robinson
Tyler Robinson texted his roommate that he was “going to take” the opportunity to kill one of the nation’s leading conservative voices, investigators said
The 71-year-old shouted “I shot him, now shoot me” at officers before later admitting he was trying to “draw attention from the real shooter”
Edgewater Officer David Jewell was purchasing a hot dog at a gas station when an employee left the building, re-entered with a gun and repeatedly shot Jewell from behind
“Charlie Kirk’s demise takes us one step closer to healing this country,” a Maui Police officer posted
Utah authorities are preparing to file capital murder charges against Tyler Robinson, whose DNA matches samples found on a towel and screwdriver recovered near the scene
Investigation found Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies waited at rally point while woman, her father and a neighbor were murdered half a mile away
The one fundamental component critical for effective police investigations is thoroughness
The suspect used a bolt-action rifle and left politically charged inscriptions on bullet casings after fatally shooting Charlie Kirk at a Utah college campus
The suspected college-aged gunman who killed Charlie Kirk escaped on foot after firing a single shot from a rooftop 200 yards away
The case demonstrates that civil disputes highlight the critical role of evidence collection, accurate reporting and professional conduct by police
The now-former Devils Lake officer barricaded himself in a home, threatened his children and later shot himself before being taken into custody, Chief Hason Toso said
The shooter fired a single round from a roof on a university building as Charlie Kirk addressed students
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