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.
Using 3D “point cloud” models with CCTV footage stills, investigators are ascertaining suspect height, speed analysis and bullet trajectory analysis
Federal, state or private grant funding may be a great option to cover the cost of a law enforcement agency’s digital forensics tools
Operation Relentless Guardian was conducted by law enforcement officers clandestinely posing as preteen and teenage girls in Internet chat rooms and on gaming apps
Tuesday morning’s confrontation has prompted protests and a flood of comments to the department’s Facebook page
Suspect was arrested Friday evening after a SWAT team swarmed him at a Wal-Mart
Four months after the shootout, authorities have released almost nothing about the gunfight beyond a vague initial description of a brawl
The toddler was identified as Bella Bond on Friday, almost three months after her remains were found in a trash bag
The four shootings that police say he committed hit a tour bus, SUV and two cars
Man was unloading groceries with his wife near his home when three teens on bicycles rode past and started shooting
Suspect is under federal investigation for lying to police and failing to report a crime
Threats called in to the schools ranged from a school shooting being planned to a bomb being planted on campus
A deputy sheriff was responding to a report of a stolen truck when the suspect fled, hitting a firefighter head on
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Chicago police superintendent has publicly disagreed with the criminal charges against officer
Officials are hopeful to crack a case that began in 2012
City officials no longer have to sell people that the cameras, located in public areas, are not meant to invade privacy
The program is likely to be phased in over three years and cost roughly $7M
The three 18-year-olds used slingshots to shoot rocks at pedestrians and vehicles
He is under investigation for lying to police, knowing about a crime before or after it was committed and not reporting it
Officer trying to settle neighbors’ dispute has my vote for most innovative search warrant in 2015
An arrest has been made in the case of a man sniffing feet in a university library
The son of Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz said his father was never suicidal
The officer is in serious condition, but expected to survive thanks to his vest
An officer was stabbed in the back of the head after an altercation with a suspect
The officers reportedly thought the employee was joking, but the employee didn’t say anything else
The officer said officers need to engage with the community to become ‘partners in fighting crime’
The Texas Rangers’ investigation findings would be turned over to a district attorney, then submitted to a grand jury
Authorities await the results of DNA, gunshot residue and ballistic tests being conducted at laboratories
Man contends he was unjustly arrested while videotaping officers during a protest
The suspect told authorities he had been involved in two other burglaries as well
The NAACP and other leaders are looking into a post by a veteran police chief on his personal Facebook
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