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.
Make sure your RTCC is prepared to manage your growing use of technology-driven policing
“Crimes” in the virtual world are already happening; cops and legal systems have to catch up
A veteran homicide detective discusses his book about a multidisciplinary investigation that started at an arson scene and ended nearly a year later with the case solved, plus he shares some pearls of wisdom for new detectives
The encounter began with the woman and her son wrestling and tickling each other as Rachmiel Gallman watched and laughed
The officers were responding to a disturbance call at a New Year’s Eve party when they were both shot
Officials said Matthew Edward Riehl made veiled threats against professors of the law school he graduated from
Rifles have changed not only how gangs engage each other, but how residents try to live with them and how police fight them
“I will do everything in my power, Zack Parrish, to honor you,” Gracie Parrish, Officer Parrish’s wife, said
Police said Michael Neu, 67, has participated in financial scams over the internet and phone and has wired some of his money to co-conspirators in Nigeria
Police said the drop is in part due to an expansion of technology that pinpoints where shots were fired and quickly dispatch officers to the scene
Deputy Zackari Parrish, who was killed in an ambush attack on New Year’s Eve, was remembered for his boundless energy
Police in Los Angeles have arrested a man they suspect made a ‘swatting’ call that resulted in a SWAT officer fatally shooting a man in Kansas
Attorney Mike Freeman had promised a charging decision by year’s end, but on Thursday, he said his office was “getting more information”
The previous per capita record was set in 2015, when there were 344 homicides
The agency concluded that a “reasonable officer” would not have believed he was in danger of death or serious injury
Andres Sanchez, 20, wore a law enforcement uniform and drove an unmarked vehicle to pull over and rob drivers he suspected of being immigrants
Amanda Jones told Texas deputies she had a gun and would shoot them before officers opened fire
FBI officials say they have seen no evidence to suggest Detective Sean Suiter’s death was “directly connected” to the federal corruption investigation
Police believe Justin Kephart targeted police officers, firing at least 115 rounds at them during a standoff
Michigan State Police tried but failed to suspend Mark Bessner for his use of a TASER months before he fired a TASER at a teen who crashed an ATV and died
Chester Hornowski, 71, was found dead of multiple gunshot wounds in a residence in Mountain Home, Ark.
Alfredo de Jesus-Ascencio, 29, who was charged in a crash that killed Deputy Kelly Fredinburg in 2007, was was mistakenly released 10 months ago
Police said the deputies’ injuries were serious but not expected to be life-threatening
Mail carrier DeShaune Stewart, who was facing dismissal, was naked when he killed his supervisor and a postmaster
Police in one Massachusetts town issued an all-points bulletin for a Miss Betty Miller, but it was not because she is a suspect in any case
The three officers were sickened after seizing narcotics during a traffic stop and were treated at a hospital
Marcus Fischer began harming himself with a knife and ignored commands to drop it before he was shot
Deputies shot at Amanda Jones, who was also killed, when a stray bullet struck the child in the torso
The FBI began investigating when it learned that Everitt Jameson was expressing support for posts that favored terrorism or the Islamic State group
The suspect allegedly told the FBI that “we need something along the lines of New York or San Bernardino”
Chicago police said the investigation involved an invitation-only group on the social network that couldn’t be found through the search function
A man carrying two handguns shot and wounded a security officer, fired at a cop and then fatally shot himself
Phil Kiersnowski pulled over Sen. Jon Lundberg’s daughter and criticized the department’s window tinting enforcement policy
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