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.
Supervisors need to continually remind their officers about operational security, so all information stays in the hands of investigators
Watch a proactive individual in a real-time crime center actively monitor a location for criminal activity
Make sure your RTCC is prepared to manage your growing use of technology-driven policing
The report recommends improvements to protecting crime scene integrity, dealing with victims’ families and other issues
The recent rise of homicides have raised concerns and led to speculation about the causes
Chief William McManus is being investigated after several citizens complained to the state about his handling of a human smuggling case in December
The five-page report contradicts Cook County officials’ ruling that Sgt. Donald Markham had shot himself in September 2015
There’s been some mystery surrounding the reason the state police have taken more than five years to release an after-action report for the Sandy Hook shooting
Frank Pawul and alleged getaway driver Brenda Troyer both face first-degree murder charges
Dave Toschi was put on the Zodiac case after a San Francisco taxi driver was shot to death in 1969
The city will enter into a two-year review period in which it must show the sweeping reforms are locked in place
Under the bill, Kentucky’s pawnbrokers would have to submit their transactions to a database accessible by police
Timothy Loehmann was fired for lying on his police application and will begin arbitration proceedings on Wednesday
The action appears to open a new front in Trump’s sharp expansion of immigration enforcement
Advocates say camera-mounted drones could help protect officers, while critics say they could bring unwarranted surveillance
The man is suspected of being involved in a shootout and pursuit that ended in Deputy Daniel McCartney’s death
The union says the release of body camera footage without a court order violates a state law that makes officer disciplinary records confidential
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office released the video to explain what happened before Deputy Zackari Parrish was killed
It would be shortsighted to think cops can’t learn a thing or two from gang members that we can apply when chasing them down
In the months before he shot and killed Deputy Zackari Parrish, Matthew Riehl sent concerning emails to law enforcement officials
The 75-year-old retired deputy is recovering from surgery after being shot in the wrist and abdomen
Riley County Police Department Director Brad Schoen says the officer’s injury is not life-threatening
Deputies in Florida were cleared in the shooting a man who shot at the officers and later claimed that he was attempting to kill himself
An FBI agent trying to arrest a man wanted shot him after being dragged by the suspect’s vehicle
Tommy McNeal, 65, who’s charged in Columbus’ first homicide of 2018, was convicted of killing a Tennessee police officer in 1975
The partial ruling in favor of the police and fire unions, who have battled the city in court for years, was hailed by retirees
Andrew Finch was shot after a “prankster” called 911 with a fake story about a shooting and kidnapping at Finch’s Wichita home
The DA determined that Officer Eric Esparza was justified when he shot Dillan Tabares, a homeless Navy veteran who was paroled from prison eight days earlier
When officers apprehended a suspect in a deadly hit-and-run incident, they were led to him in an unusual way
A grand jury said the Pennsylvania State Police should stop investigating shootings by its own troopers to ensure such probes are “free from potential bias”
Wichita Police Chief Gordon Ramsay said the department is determined to learn from the fatal officer-involved shooting of Andrew Finch
The document said Matthew Riehl was hospitalized at the veterans medical center in 2014 after a psychotic episode and escaped but was brought back
The encounter began with the woman and her son wrestling and tickling each other as Rachmiel Gallman watched and laughed
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