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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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The officer was refused service because she is a cop
City Council is deciding whether to make the appointment of interim Police Commissioner Kevin Davis permanent
The man accused of fatally shooting Officer Greg Alia has five new charges
The DEA and other state and federal agents arrested 151 people in 16 states since July 2014
16 teenagers and adults were arrested and charged with trespassing
The department released dashcam footage from a 2014 pursuit
The trooper tries to answer who the young woman was found more than four decades ago
City officials said they don’t want community members to bear cost of defending a lawsuit
An emergency transmitter helps locate family members who have wandered off due to Alzheimer’s, autism
At the time of her disappearance, investigators recovered DNA from the items but did not get a hit from database
The department said they wanted to transparent with the community
The two officers were both shot in the face after they stopped a suspect for riding his bike on the sidewalk
The rapper was was arrested in January 2014 while rushing to his mother’s funeral
The numbers come amid intense scrutiny from critics who say agents have been too quick to draw guns and other weapons
Suspect’s bullets struck four officers during fight outside a nightclub
The SUV ran into the elderly pedestrian as he attempted to cross the street
The officer was attempting to prevent the man from choking on the 39 bags of crack cocaine he swallowed
The gun shop owners could be held financially responsible for a crime committed with a weapon purchased at their store
An officer determined her location from her live-steamed video, tracked her down and charged her with a DUI
The program gave young adults aspiring to careers in law enforcement an up-close look at the profession
It is not clear what the two men were talking about when the conversation escalated or who fired the first shot
Five of the officers provided statements, while the sixth refused to talk
Restaurant employee asked him to leave because he was armed
Sgt. Jason Krauss says the “acid bomb” capable of spraying debris across a radius of about 50 feet was found at Foxtail Golf Club
Police say teen was charged with inducing panic and three counts of assault
What the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has called a national issue is hitting hard in Ohio suburbs
Authorities are investigating whether suspect is connected to other dead, missing cat reports in neighborhood
Authorities are still investigating the shooting
Suspect was being held without bond