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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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A recent case offers a look into the Federal Rules of Evidence, including the prior bad acts evidence rule
LE agencies can work with non-profit organizations to use data-driven methods to effectively (and rapidly) combat human trafficking
The features provided by advanced license plate recognition provide law enforcement with a range of tactical and investigatory advantages
Autopsy results showed the fatal injury was “consistent with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest”
The excerpt from John Choi’s remarks closely matches a criminal complaint
Once the suspect admits to committing the crime, the following suggestions will aid in obtaining a legally corroborated confession
The officer attempted to cross a set of railroad tracks in his vehicle and was struck
Bibb County Sheriff Keith Hannah was found dead from an apparent gunshot wound
An armed pizza shop customer shot and killed one robber and injured another as they tried to hold up the restaurant
Police said “during the foot chase the officer reported hearing a shot and observing the individual fall. The officer did not discharge his firearm”
The officer has been charged with second-degree manslaughter in the deadly shooting
A man who gunned down a Southwest Airlines employee outside of Oklahoma City’s airport likely killed the victim in retaliation
The handgun used to wound an Anchorage police officer last weekend has been linked to five previously unsolved homicides this year
All of the victims were stabbed at least once and were being treated for their injuries at local hospitals
Todd Kohlhepp made ominous comments about having trouble sleeping and how he would “know where people live”
The suspect was pulled over for having a visible handicap placard and tried to flee, crashing into surrounding cars
Two bodies found on the property of a man linked to five other deaths were a couple who had a history of panhandling
Protests erupted following the fatal police shooting of a black man
The man who shot Columbus Officer Niki D. Cooper in a gun battle 44 years ago has never served a day in jail
The photo shows an officer giving a thumbs up while holding the dead man’s arm
The shooting “had nothing to do with the ballot or voting”
Karla Ramirez-Segoviano was lured to the scene of the murder
Police in La Verne use fixed LPR cameras to create a virtual fence around the city
As far as investigators can tell, neither of the two deputies had withdrawn his gun
Todd Kohlhepp became a suspect in at least seven deaths in the days after a woman was found Thursday chained by her neck and ankle in a metal storage container
Tensions remain high in a neighborhood where an off-duty police officer fatally shot a man
FBI Director James Comey told Congress in a letter sent Sunday that a review of newly discovered Hillary Clinton emails has “not changed our conclusions”
Karla Ramirez-Segoviano was a volunteer member of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office’s Explorer Program for about four years
A former police sergeant admitted on Friday that he helped cover up the fatal police shootings of two people in the chaotic days following Hurricane Katrina
Scott Michael Greene’s bail was set at $10 million during a brief court appearance Friday morning
The murder trial of an officer who shot an unarmed motorist eight times as he ran away from a traffic stop opened on Thursday
She was booked at a police station on suspicion of petty theft and later released