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.
True investigations are concluded primarily upon tried and true methods that have been in use for decades
Identifying suspects with DNA while they are still in custody: How the Louisiana State Police Crime Lab and East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office developed the nation’s first rapid DNA booking station
Improve situational awareness without separate hardware or increased officer distraction
The FBI questioned two brothers in New Mexico, but neither brother has been charged in Border Patrol agent Rogelio Martinez’s death
The sweep was aimed at members of some of south Stockton’s most notorious criminal gangs
Over 1,000 public safety agencies use the Nextdoor platform to connect with residents on a hyper-local level
The exchange, captured on video, occurred when an officer questioned a statistic about violence against transgender people
A TSA agent saw the Kahr Arms 9mm semi-automatic handgun when a bag belonging to State Rep. Lori Saine went through an X-ray machine
Using AI and facial recognition software for real-time crime reporting is the next logical progression in how police are already using existing technology
Police found and seized a 9 mm handgun from Chad Klahs before putting him in Officer Ryan O’Connor’s car, but he kept a .40 caliber hidden
District Attorney David Prater said Sgt. Keith Patrick Sweeney “crossed the line” when he fatally shot Dustin Pigeon, who was suicidal
Decision could affect not only how the Fourth Amendment applies to police searches in the digital age, but also impact NSA surveillance and privacy rights
Stewart Thomas Mettz, 51, is suspected of shooting Officer Kenneth Copeland multiple times Monday
Officer Ryan O’Connor was shot in the head by a handcuffed burglary suspect, who later shot himself
Detectives learned of the mass shooting threat in late October and started to build a case against the suspect
April Briscuso, 40, was arrested in November amid an investigation into whether she pocketed some of the money she helped raise for former Officer Craig Tudor
His conviction for online rape was the first of its type in Sweden
Lt. Danita Pettis claims the president of the local Fraternal Order of Police lodge told officers she was promoted because of her complaints about racism and sexism
Commissioner Kevin Davis said authorities don’t think Det. Sean Suiter’s planned testimony and his death are connected
Gang investigators need to think globally, but act locally when handling gang cases with subsets
State police and Charlottesville police were unable to communicate by radio the day of the rally because they were on different channels, the report said
Footage from the 2015 incident shows Dabrett Black beating a sheriff’s deputy
The officer’s wife suffered non-life threatening injuries after opening a package that was mailed to the officer’s home
It has been nearly two weeks since Border Patrol Agent Rogelio Martinez died
Howell Emanuel Donaldson was arrested Tuesday after he asked a co-worker at a McDonald’s restaurant to hold a bag carrying a gun
Sean Suiter, the Baltimore detective who was killed two weeks ago, was remembered as a caring officer
Ronald O. Hunt, 58, has proven to be a mystery so far for investigators, who struggled to locate any relatives to let any family know that Hunt had been killed
Detective Sean Suiter’s death is the talk of Baltimore, where residents are dissecting details of the case in offices, on street corners and on social media
Howell Emanuel Donaldson, 24, was arrested after he brought a loaded gun to his job at a McDonald’s
Assistant Chief Robert Watts was home with his wife and three children at the time of the shooting, but no one was hurt
Scientists have automated a key step in forensic fingerprint analysis
Standard police interrogation tactics do not work with sex offenders
Police continue to investigate the shooting of Detective Sean Suiter and have yet to identify a suspect
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