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.
20 steps to effectively securing a confession
Small agencies can always benefit from an extra set of eyes – especially when they are in the sky
As long as an officer has a good-faith belief that the person has authority to consent, the consent will be upheld in court.
A professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice who tweeted that “it’s a privilege to teach future dead cops” has been suspended amid an uproar
I was a wannabe police officer when I helped the cops get the bad guys
The trooper was not seriously injured during the incident
With advances in communication, transportation and information technology, terrorist attacks don’t have to be focused on major cities for visibility and effect
Police have raided a Southeast Texas nursing home where police found elderly residents kept in floodwaters during Tropical Storm Harvey
Sarcasm can be a tricky thing. Just ask Andrew James Harris, who discovered the joke was on him when he ended up the subject of an undercover drug sting
Officers confiscated about 50 pounds of processed marijuana, about 300 marijuana plants and more than $63,000
This disruptive technology can help solve crime and convict perpetrators
Criminals are using 3D printing to make guns, reproduce keys and manufacture illegal drugs
The suspect initially fled but was later taken into custody
The death touched off weeks of protests and unrest in Baltimore
After a brief encounter, the suspect pulled a handgun and pointed it at the deputy, who then fired his service weapon
Police discovered his body on Sept. 2 inside a Wichita house where his mother, Miranda Miller, and her boyfriend, Stephen Bodine, had lived
The recent incident involving the unlawful arrest of a Utah nurse underscores the importance of legal updates and in-service training
The NFL sent out a short statement saying it found no such investigation necessary
Vigilantes are criminals and should be prosecuted as such, but where do people like bounty hunters and neighborhood watchmen fit into the mix?
Authorities say they arrested one person and took a gun, and no one was hurt
The unidentified suspect entered a restricted area on the tarmac “where the airplanes actually come in”
The new system and partnership with the University of Nebraska Medical Center will allow for faster crime test results
The officers were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening wounds
Officials said a police officer and firefighter couple allegedly kept around $12,000 after raising money for families of fallen responders
Michael Bennett was detained for 10 minutes and released
The man began yelling at the employees, stood in an aggressive shooting form, and demanded people get down
Sources said police ordered everyone to get down when they responded to a possible shooting, but Michael Bennett ran
Police are looking into the issue, but have no suspects at this time
Detective Jeff Payne worked for Gold Cross as an EMT and paramedic since 1983
Detectives asked a criminalist to run DNA again, hoping improved technology would finally help them ID enough markers to upload the sample in the state’s system
Undersheriff Paul Matyas said there were rumors an officer was pursuing the vehicle at the time of the crash
Research has found that nearly half of law enforcement officers encounter animal cruelty at least several times a year, nearly a quarter of them on a monthly basis
The Rigby Police Department has revealed that one of their reserve officers was the patient at the center of a viral confrontation between a detective and a nurse
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