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.
During your next investigation, don’t overlook children as potential witnesses
The Fifth Circuit weighs the factors for determining whether a consent to a search of a suspect’s laptop was voluntary
CSI photographers must know how to properly document the scene by choosing appropriate vantage points for overall, mid-range, close-up and macro photos
Officers responding to a call about a man with a rifle shot and killed Dylan Noble, who was unarmed
A Pennsylvania man says his son defended himself with a machete during a home invasion and used it to cut off one suspect’s hand
Lt. Brian Rice’s lawyers said Tuesday that he has chosen to be tried instead by a judge — the same one who acquitted two fellow officers in Freddie Gray’s death
As active-shooter and hostage situations become more common, PDs are exploring tech that would allow dispatchers to receive texts, photos and videos
Shanika Minor is accused of fatally shooting Tamecca Perry and her unborn child last March
National Park Service rangers are turning to modern forensic technology, including DNA evidence, to make sure they don’t kill the wrong bear
The suspect in the May incident, Jesse Olivieri, has been ordered held while his case proceeds
A man who killed his estranged wife and himself at a busy downtown Denver office building had become increasingly mentally unstable and was banned from a local airport
Those of us who investigate crimes in a post-CSI world can attest fictional characters can set standards that real people have to live up to
Suspended lab technician is accused of not properly conducting laboratory analyses, peer reviews or administrative reviews of drug evidence
Austin Haughwout made headlines last year when he posted a video of a gun-firing drone he created
51-year-old Timothy Ward was planning to use mannequins to shoot officers and blow up a police station
Bill James proposes a mathematical model for evaluating evidence and calculating whether a burden of proof has been met
A father and son on the run from police after tying up five women in a Utah basement abducted and killed a rail line worker, beating him so severely that he was unrecognizable
The chief was not on duty at the time of the single-vehicle crash
Officers had been called out 14 times since 2012 to the home of a mother who killed her two daughters and was fatally shot by police
Resigned as authorities investigate whether he may have lied about accidentally shooting a friend in the back during a hunting trip
Fights erupted when about 30 members of the Traditionalist Worker Party gathering to rally around noon Sunday were met by about 400 counter-protesters
Authorities arrived Friday to find the suspect on a front porch holding a handgun and shotgun
FBI investigators so far have not turned up persuasive evidence, according to two government officials
The court, in a 5-2 decision, said state law protects officers who make a statement under threat of possible firing
Employee with top-secret clearance entered HQ with a gun, a knife, an infrared camera, pepper spray and handcuffs
Akram Musleh was in the custody of federal marshals at an undisclosed location
Police chief says a private security guard had briefly left a checkpoint when a bag holding a gun moved through an X-ray machine
Informant said gang members intended to wait for cops to exit and walk toward their cars — a time when they would be vulnerable because they likely wouldn’t be wearing protective gear
Charges are pending against the man
Police chief says there’s no “active shooter” or any specific threat, but that an image of what could be a gun was spotted after a bag passed through security
Court ruled Monday that evidence of a crime may be used against a defendant even if the police did something wrong or illegal in obtaining it
The partial, printed transcripts were of three conversations the shooter had with the police during the attack
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