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.
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Acting Police Chief Pamela Smith says the tracking tags have already helped the department locate several stolen cars this year
The backlog includes about 1,200 kits from before 2016 and 450 kits collected from 2016 to 2019
Data sharing by and between police agencies is needed more than ever, but that process requires sensitivity and finesse
Twenty-eight people were charged with selling drugs in October – nearly half the number of all drug selling charges last year
Objectives of the program include “removing distractions” and “providing a work schedule geared to the operational needs of the team”
Video shows the suspect reaching into his waistband, then using his hands to pretend like he is pointing a gun at officers
Smith Myers, designer and developer of ARTEMIS, Software Defined Radio and cellular protocol stacks designed and optimized for SAR deployment, brings life-saving and award-winning ARTEMIS to Mountain Rescue Teams and First Responders
The suspect had been sought since the Wednesday night shootings that killed 18 people and wounded 13
As much as 40% of Antioch’s officers are currently suspended for investigations of misconduct, some involving the FBI
The two detectives said they had to work around the clock following the incident and even had to miss officer Aréanah Preston’s funeral
Union President Steve Slack said officers are “doing an exemplary job in improving mental health call outcomes and no amount of cherry-picking data can take away from that fact”
The district attorney labeled the deputy’s decision to jump into the suspect vehicle as “unusual,” but said that his use of force was necessary
Jason Jones, who doused himself with hand sanitizer and caught on fire after being TASERed, died in 2021 from his injuries
New reforms include reviews of every incident where officers brandish a firearm, a policy that limits the use of “pretextual stops” and revised training intended to “limit the role of bias and prejudice”
Deputies found anti-police propaganda, a makeshift barricade with sandbags and many weapons with ammunition
Thomas Abt presented evidence-informed strategies for reducing urban gun violence with people-, place- and behavior-based solutions
The parents of James Woods, 17, are on a mission to shine a light on the events leading up to the death of their only child by suicide and what happened after
The deputies are being charged separately, most on fraud charges, and are going through “the legal process of being fired,” the sheriff says
“At the end of the day, BRIC helps solve crimes, particularly violent crime, homicides. BRIC brings justice and some solace, a little bit of peace and a little bit of closure,” city councilor Michael Flaherty said
The chief said the officer broke policy by not waiting for a supervisor to arrive after the man refused to sign a traffic citation
Cellphone video shows people breaking windows and running out of the store with armloads of merchandise
Arlington Police Chief Al Jones said the suspect entered the dealership at one point after firing multiple shots into the lobby
Uses of force captured on video can be misinterpreted, exposing officers and agencies to significant civil and criminal liability. Are you providing the best evidence?
“So what they got you for, man?” an officer asked Davis, 60. “Biggest case in Las Vegas history,” Davis replied
District Attorney George Christian said the troopers’ use of deadly force was “objectively reasonable”
“The reality is that all force, all violence is ugly. But just because force is ugly does not mean it is unlawful or contrary to (agency) policy,” Sheriff T.K. Waters said
One man, Duane Keffe D. Davis, found himself involved in both investigations
“People have been yearning for [Duane Davis] to be arrested for a long time. It’s never been unsolved in our minds. It’s been unprosecuted,” retired LAPD detective Greg Kading said
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