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.
Let’s examine an emerging need for drones to support detectives in the field and some potential solutions
Learn from the tragedy of Devonte Hart to be better informed about child abuse prevention and investigation
The rise of consumer DNA testing and open genetic databases made forensic genetic genealogy a valuable tool for law enforcement investigations
The unit was established in partnership with the state attorney’s office to lighten the caseload for Baltimore’s homicide investigators
Syracuse-area law enforcement officials said the shooter lured officers to his home, where he sprayed them with bullets from an illegally modified AR-15
The man who shot and wounded an Albany Police Department officer was not killed by the officer’s returning fire as police initially implied
Montgomery County Police Department officers arrested the 18-year-old after finding his “memoir,” which included a character who executed a school shooting
Officials suggested that the LAPD update their communication training to better handle situations like this event
The 18-year-old’s brother called 911 and stated his brother was “going crazy” and that he hadn’t slept for four days; when officers arrived, the armed suspect began running after them
From a compromised crime scene to controversial police conduct, the O.J. Simpson case offers a study on the pitfalls that can derail justice
Video shows the escalating violence of a day-long crisis that left multiple officers wounded and ended in a fatal officer-involved shooting
One bill bars citizen review boards from investigating allegations of officer misconduct; another bill creates a 25-foot buffer around police officers when they are working
New reforms include developing a policy to limit “pretextual stops” and revising training for investigatory stops
The dropped sexual assault cases from the past eight years are among over 264,000 incident reports that were never submitted for investigation due to an internal code citing staff shortages
The forum aims to address the growing prevalence of financial sextortion activity across social media platforms and explore solutions to combat this crime
OLI’s Railroad Investigation and Safety Course for law enforcement now POST-Certified in 40 States Including D.C.
After crashing into the Texas DPS building the first time, the suspect had backed up with the intention of doing it again before he was detained
The pilot program would allow access to a caller’s phone camera so troopers can view the scene live, as well as capture photos and videos for evidence collection
The stolen vehicle had an AirTag inside, which helped police locate the vehicle parked less than a mile away; the suspect got back into the vehicle after he noticed officers nearby
The suspects hit stores in search of limited-edition box sets of the toys, part of a trend of “Lego larceny”
LAPD, federal investigators look to DNA, fingerprints, video to help crack multimillion-dollar heist
Officials say the thieves that stole about $30 million from a money storage facility seemed to have entered through the roof; investigators are requesting home security footage from the surrounding neighborhood
Retired detectives Dave Johnson, Mike Blankenbaker and Tom Dittmar, along with retired judge David Elofson are taking a closer look at cases on file at the Yakima Police Department that have no active leads or new evidence
A years-long probe turned into “the largest seizure and takedown of a dogfighting ring in the history of the state of New Jersey,”
Retired police lieutenant and dog training innovator Garret Wing sheds light on the dark world of illegal dog fighting and its ties to other criminal enterprises
The biker’s social media account also included multiple other videos of illegal activities, which are now considered evidence
Law enforcement agencies in New Jersey, Mississippi, Florida and New York helped the ASPCA rescue the animals
The ruling came after Gerald Goines’ lawyers argued prosecutors had used the underlying charge of tampering with a government record to indict him for murder
Neither the music producer nor any of his family members were arrested during the March 25 raids; Combs’ attorney alleged that the raids were based on ungrounded accusations from civil cases
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