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.
Can an officer follow search and seizure procedures during a wall stop? The court decides in this recent case
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The video shows an officer, surrounded by students, lifting and then dropping a girl to the floor on her left side
Officials say the man was threatening violence against officers
The gunman, who hasn’t been publicly identified, is still at large
The nation’s third largest city also saw 1,100 more shooting incidents than it did in 2015
Keith Avila picked up two women and a teen and heard them talk about delivering the girl to a “John” and getting money from him
Three rookie officers joked in a group chat about using the city’s primarily black neighborhoods for target practice
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The officers allegedly ran their own security operation, demanding cash payment to avoid city rules and fees
The bagpipes were stolen from Officer Steve Watt’s car after a vigil
Police say the suspect pointed a box cutter at the deputy prior to the shooting; the attorney says the suspect didn’t have the weapon in his hand
The virtual assistant collects voice audio to help find answers
The Bolingbrook Police Department does not allow officers to associate with convicted felons
Prosecutors and attorneys will analyze what seemed to work and what didn’t the first time in the trial of Ray Tensing
It’s the first time the use of cell tower simulators, known as stingrays, has reached a federal appellate court
Dominique Heaggan-Brown waived his right to a preliminary hearing, erasing a chance for the public to see body camera footage of the incident
The officer’s attorney Terry Daffron said people shouldn’t jump to conclusions based solely on the video
Prosecutors have not yet said whether they would attempt to retry Lee Baca, who is 74 and in the early stages of Alzheimer’s
Police issued a safety alert after a man allegedly posted a threat on Facebook regarding the video saying they should “kill all the white cops in Fort Worth”
The bodies of the four men were found Tuesday on a property rented by Nicholas Tartaglione
A federal grand jury is looking into allegations of civil rights abuses and corruption
Matthew Barge will ask a judge to address the city’s failure to create a detailed plan on how it will invest in equipment to modernize the department
Mayor Mitch Landrieu said the settlements with 17 plaintiffs end all civil litigation involving those cases
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg PD tracks pretrial offenders with the Omnilink EM solution to deter repeat offenses and solve crimes faster
Doctors believe he will make a full recovery
The raid was the latest development in a DOJ investigation of a federal drug task force
Utah prosecutors are filing theft and gun charges against a teen who police say fired a shotgun before he was stopped by his parents
Acting on a tip, police in Tonkawa executed a search warrant Sunday at the girl’s home and seized handguns and rifles, ammunition, and the girl’s personal writings
Two people who encountered Francisco Serna in the hours leading up to the OIS had believed he had a gun, and police were answering a 911 call of a man with a revolver
The man’s family said he was in the early stages of dementia
The officer shot the Case Western Reserve University law student Dec. 4 during what’s been described as a struggle in a wooded area
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