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.
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Would a narcissist ever waive their Miranda rights and allow law enforcement to question them regarding a crime? Some will because of ego
Dallas citizens in recent months have complained of blocked attempts at filing complaints against officers and low confidence in the investigations
A New Jersey sheriff’s officer who appeared in bondage films as a dominatrix was fired after fighting to keep her job
Officers Eric Joering and Anthony Morelli were the first Westerville officers killed in the line of duty
Phoenix police are reviewing security procedures following recent thefts of two guns and other equipment from police cars
“I love this sh**. God I tell you what, I thrive on it,” Sheriff Oddie Shoupe said after the shooting
Police in Pennsylvania were able to identify a suspect charged with stealing cash in part due to a “cartoonish” police sketch
Deputies believe the suspect’s gun went missing during a commotion caused by an angry crowd who gathered at the shooting scene
“It’s the hardest day we’ve ever had,” Police Chief Jimmy Spivey said
The device was designed to fire by piercing the ammunition via a small opening in the back
FBI officials said the investigation into the death of Agent Rogelio Martinez yielded no evidence that there was a “scuffle, altercation or attack”
Officer Gary Michael was fatally shot after he stopped Ian McCarthy for a traffic violation
Mayor Bill de Blasio and the NYPD said Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.’s policy encourages lawlessness and is unfair to law-abiding straphangers
Prosecutors alleged Officer Anthony Federico had used excessive force when he used his TASER to hit the suspect in the head
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Police in Tulsa were told they cannot participate in the Salvation Army’s holiday donation drive while in uniform
Police said no one was injured after a third-grader reached into the officer’s holster and pressed the trigger
Police said the gun accidentally went off a girl’s backpack, sending a single bullet tearing through the wrist of another girl before hitting a boy in the head
The memo says FBI and Justice Department leaders signed off on a surveillance warrant to monitor communications of a former Trump campaign associate
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One deputy was hit in the forearm while another narrowly escaped injury when the bullet grazed his pant leg
FBI agents were attempting to rescue Ulises Valladares before he was fatally shot
Police Commissioner Richard Ross said Monday that he had “some concerns” about a fatal OIS of a man who allegedly struck a pedestrian
The officer was transported to a hospital with serious injuries, including broken bones and cuts to his head and body
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