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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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Authorities will travel overseas to learn what happened during the attacks and subsequent investigations into terror networks
The FBI used the unspecified technique to access data on an iPhone used by the San Bernardino attacker
The 2015 law lowered the percentage of revenue most cities can collect from traffic fines
The man disrupted a House session last October by yelling he was a ‘Prophet of God’
Police say threats about ‘Ebola meth’ are a fun, harmless sting they set up to catch criminals in the act
The officer replied he felt the same way about the sports star
Because we can’t all be Rembrandt
Trooper Donna “Jane” Watts made national news in October 2011 when she pulled over by an off-duty cop for speeding
Law enforcement officials said the work remains valuable because cameras can’t be everywhere
The Florida man’s pit bull bit him in the buttocks and tried to bite his head
Some have suggested aliens may be the culprits
Hamilton Police Chief Craig Bucheit said the assignment was ‘irresponsibly fueling that type of anti-police sentiment’
The woman placed mannequins with deputies names and bullseye targets drawn on them in random locations
The officer was shot last week while responding to reports of a break-in
Emanuel is trying to replace Garry McCarthy, whose firing was part of a frantic effort to restore trust in the department
The two suspects were both shot and killed
The videos show the officers telling Grays to stop resisting
The man was struggling with a woman over a firearm, when it escalated, officers intervened
The suspect arrested had a past terrorism conviction and is linked to the suspected ringleader of the Paris attacks
Police later discovered the man was pulling out a garden hose nozzle
The department warned the meth may be contaminated with hepatitis and staph
The woman had been bound, beaten and shot by her husband when the officer approached just in time
A pawn shop owner called the department to let them know the highly-valued items were in his shop
The man was angry that an officer nearly hit his mail truck
The 28-year-old Peter Liang was convicted of a manslaughter charge
Prosecutors in Waco announced that all the bikers indicted are charged with engaging in organized criminal activity
Her boyfriend has a long criminal record
Officer Philip Brailsford pleaded not guilty to an on-duty shooting
The footage was used to help cops catch a bad guy instead of catching cops doing something bad