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.
The department, sheriff’s office and state bureau of investigation have steadily released information about the arrest and death of Tyre Nichols as the community and nation braces for the release of bodycam video
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“These same micro hot spot locations that are disproportionately impacting residents and business owners in these locations also negatively impact our officers.”
Mark Bessner fired his TASER at Damon Grimes while trying to stop him from driving an ATV on a street, causing the teen to crash
Police said five-year-old Kavan Collins, who was shot in the face last year, found the uncased gun under a mattress
SFPD Officer Antonio Malinao Cacatian died by suicide in a mall parking lot after being pulled over by Richmond police
The union’s president said the “facts of this case do not add up to a termination” for Sgt. Kenneth Pierce
A lawyer for two men whose federal convictions were recently overturned is raising fresh questions about an April 2010 incident that led to their convictions
Fort Worth police Chief Joel Fitzgerald said Sgt. Kenneth Pierce became “impatient, initiated an unnecessary physical confrontation”
After providing police surveillance video of the man accused in a string of fatal shootings, the Florida couple wants a piece of the $110,000 reward
Attorney Mike Freeman issued both written and videotaped statements and said he was wrong to discuss the agency’s work in a public setting
The man pulled out an “edged weapon” and began hurting himself before Minneapolis LEOs tried to subdue him
Gov. Mark Dayton’s comments come after Attorney Mike Freeman said investigators “haven’t done their job”
The statue, which depicts a sitting teddy bear covered in chocolate, was stolen from a Kansas candy factory a year ago
Rahmael Sal Holt, 29, will face trial on charges he fatally shot Officer Brian Shaw last month during a traffic stop
The gunman allegedly had an obsession with school shootings and school shooters and posted about threats of violence online
The Arnold Police Department said that Officer Ryan O’Connor remains in critical condition
Detectives Matthew Edelman and Jonathan Kalman were conducting an unrelated investigation when they “came across a horrendous act of animal cruelty”
Trump called the agency’s handling of Hillary Clinton’s email investigation “disgraceful” and told reporters “we’re going to rebuild the FBI”
It’s been nearly two weeks since the FBI was asked to lead the investigation in Detective Sean Suiter’s killing
Universal K-9’s have begun offering trained pit bulls to departments that couldn’t otherwise afford a K-9
Deputy Sheriff Bryan Lukens’ sons, Bryan Jr., 11, and Parker, 6, were found dead on the second floor of the home after the fire was extinguished
The video shows the suspect not responding to commands to raise his hands before he was shot
The officers’ body armor apparently saved both from serious injury
Prosecutors say the men ran gambling, loan sharking, drugs and other criminal operations for the mafia from January 2014 to this month
Officers planned to arrest James Rayn on a public intoxication charge when he became belligerent and refused to obey commands
Mitchell Lynn Bacom, 63, was arrested for allegedly kidnapping 14-year-old Suzanne Bombardier while she was babysitting 37 years ago and killing her
The man flashed a fake badge and gun at a Starbucks and claimed he was a detective
Results show K-9 Edo may have died after being hit by a car
In a final report Friday, an autopsy determined 44-year-old Kevin Neal shot himself in the head in his car after police forced it off a road
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Police said the callers identifying themselves as Fundraisers for First Responders have not been approved to collect funds on Officer Ryan O’Connor’s behalf
Sgt. Nick Stevens decided to let a shoplifting suspect go after he told the officer he stole food because he hadn’t eaten in two days
