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.
Study reviewed how 18 common types of calls changed in 10 large U.S. agencies
The documentation associated with investigating use-of-force incidents can consume a substantial number of hours. By using purpose-built software to compile these reports, law enforcement agencies can significantly reduce the time devoted to creating this documentation, while improving the accuracy of its content and the review of this information by investigators.
Tips on safely maintaining services for sexual assault survivors in today’s socially distanced world
Documents claim Gray complained of a back injury to officers more than a month before his death and had a history of hurting himself while in custody
Mayor’s office, police and the body that investigates police shootings closely coordinated their response in the months after fatal 2014 shooting
The department pointed to reductions in overall crimes for the fourth straight year and the lowest number of violent crimes since the 1960s
A UK police department tweeted the unusual call and that mother and daughter were in ‘high spirits’
The medical examiner’s office found that the woman died from a blood clot due to being excessively overweight
The man was convicted in April 1984 on two counts of receiving stolen goods
Grand jury declined to indict officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Rice, who was carrying a replica
Officer killed two high-ranking officers and a policewoman on Monday following an argument at the station
The incident began when officers were called to the scene for a report of an unresponsive, unconscious man
Baltimore has authorized paying out more than $12 million since 2010 to settle suits alleging wrongdoing by police
Experts say the new top cop should have a strong personality, understand police work and its dangerous nature
Authorities said SWAT officers arrested the gunman
The deputy spent over 50 years second-guessing his actions and waiting in agony to find out whether he would be prosecuted
Multiple shots were fired Saturday evening in a suburban Atlanta mall, prompting a frantic rush by shoppers to evacuate
The grand jury making the decision has been meeting since mid-October
Several law enforcement agencies converged on the mall along with K-9s and a helicopter
Days into their search, the brothers made a gruesome discovery that had eluded officers for five years
Dealers are pressing powdered heroin using pill presses and using pharmaceutical opiate dyes to mask their efforts
Bystander video posted on YouTube shows three officers struggling with 19-year-old Zachary Blumenstein
Officers posed as a woman on a dating app and arranged a meeting with the suspect at a Lafayette hotel
911 call reported suspect was armed with a knife. The object he was carrying turned out to be a blue metallic pen
The officer responded to reports of a knife-wielding man but turned out the man was only armed with a pen
The couple think it was a ‘Christmas miracle’ no one was injured
The Texas trooper who arrested Sandra Bland could face charges
Deception is considered unethical in most situations; however, most police detectives consider it an invaluable tool
The suspect was accused of robbing another man at knifepoint
The protesters want to demonstrate at the country’s biggest mall to draw attention to the fatal OIS of Jamar Clark
Many aspects of Kate Warne’s life are up for debate but we do know that she helped save the life of a president and helped build the reputation of a private detective agency