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.
Conservation officers can be an invaluable resource for police investigations
Many investigators give up the valuable element of surprise by contacting potential suspects by telephone
Investigators should look for specific verbal clues that reveal subjects are withholding or fabricating information
Officers are shown using stun guns and batons on people at a university campus
Plagued by technological problems, the system never solved a single case
Group had “specific targets in mind” at Linden High School and Linden Middle School
Suspect in a crime spree that included a double slaying is dead after a warrant for a hitchhiker he picked up led police to the motel where he was holed up
The Legislature funded the cold case squad in the budget that took effect on July 1, but the squad is still not fully formed
The boy was shot when he was in the front seat of a vehicle officers fired into during a pursuit with the boy’s father
Police are interviewing witnesses to the shooting
The court’s opinion reversed a lower court’s finding that the 2008 law was unconstitutional
Authorities say they have strong evidence at least two others were involved in the embezzlement of thousands of dollars
The fugitive escaped from a state prison by sawing through prison bars and cutting through a fence
Police are upset with the Oscar-winning filmmaker after his ‘cop murderers’ comments
The suspect’s hand repeatedly disappeared underneath his body as the officer screamed at him to keep them visible
The mournful pride for Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz has been replaced with a bitter feeling of betrayal
Serena Williams claimed her phone had been stolen at a restaurant
On his podcast, the man compared shooting police officers to ‘shooting gophers’
Attorney General rejected arguments that the taxpayer-funded decals improperly mixed religion and government
Dispatchers prioritized the call as a burglary, but officers were tied up on other calls
Officers from several agencies gathered at the hospital in an anxious show of support for their wounded colleague
Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz was worried the administrator would discover he had been embezzling money
Jurors said they couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict on the civil rights charge
No one was reported hurt, and officers had the man contained inside a building
The officer suffered life-threatening injuries when he was shot while searching for a mugging suspect
The man posted threats to Facebook calling the retail giant ‘anti-American’
The department rescinded the award after newly released dash cam was published
In an 18-page letter to the agency, the ex-sheriff also said the deputy had not followed policy for documentation
The inmate slipped out of his leg shackles and smashed a window to escape
The death of Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz in September triggered a massive manhunt
Investigation of Charles Joseph Gliniewicz’s death determined that the officer died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound
The new data will include demographics of people on whom officers use force
Arkansas State Police arrested 50-year-old David Houser on suspicion of filing a false police report
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