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.
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Dr. Michael Shively from the National Center on Sexual Exploitation discusses the challenges of addressing human trafficking, sexual violence and other forms of victimization
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The letter was received by at least four mosques in Southern California, one in San Jose, one in Fresno and another in Savannah, Georgia
A homicide suspect who broke his handcuffs and escaped from a police station has been charged with a second killing, and is the lone suspect in a third
Police Chief Craig Stone said the suspect deliberately drove his car over a curb and then began knifing people
The alerts are meant to protect officers and medical crews on calls to homes previously flagged as posing some type of threat to law enforcement
The notice to dismiss was filed “without prejudice,” which leaves open the option for prosecutors to file charges later
Sgt. Geremy Pearce said he believes his home was targeted because he and his girlfriend work in law enforcement
The inmates escaped Wednesday night from the county’s main jail by cutting through the bars covering a second-story window
Eleven people were hurt, one critically, and police said they were investigating the possibility it was a terrorist attack.
Officers were nearby, heard the shots and ran toward them.
Dylann Roof has already been found competent in state court, where prosecutors plan a second death penalty trial on nine counts of murder
The jury found the man fractured his skull from a fall while fleeing officers, not excessive force from officers
The allegations said members of the department improperly erased, altered or corrupted footage from body cameras
A couple planted a fake bomb at a suburban elementary school hoping to shoot officers arriving at the scene
Prosecutors say attorneys are “cherry picking” through times when Lee Baca may have shown some impairment
Protesters and law enforcement gave conflicting accounts about what might have caused the explosion
Critics are concerned that posting a photo when a suspect is caught, but not convicted, could create problems later
The suspect arrested in the ambush shooting has said he “lashed out at somebody who didn’t deserve it”
Defense attorneys called the DA’s comments about the Philando Castile case “beyond the complaint and unnecessary and prejudicial”
An Ohio prosecutor said Tuesday he will again seek a murder conviction against a former University of Cincinnati police officer
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In return for leading authorities to Jacob’s body and confessing what he had done, Danny Heinrich will not be charged with Jacob’s murder
A judge ruled that Officer Jeronimo Yanez will be allowed to remain free as a manslaughter case against him proceeds
“I still believe that, when I went to work that day, I did everything that I was trained to do”
Jim and Doug discuss the ways in which the real cops and the “mall cops” can be better partners in fighting crime
21-year-old Rykemp Giles attacked a clerk inside police headquarters after being arrested on a domestic violence charge
Days before the ambush, the suspect sent a note to a PD apologizing for prior run-ins, saying his “dark days” were over and police are “absolute heroes”
The family alleged that Trooper Anthony Piercy, the state and the Missouri Highway Patrol were liable for Brandon’s death in the Lake of the Ozarks
The defense contends the former officer Michael Slager and Walter Scott struggled and Scott got hold of the officer’s TASER before the shooting
The Flagstaff police department is investigating the officer’s actions and is “concerned by what is depicted in this video”
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