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.
Investigators can uncover flight logs, metadata and operator profiles to stop smugglers, spies and terrorists in their tracks
Beyond real-time lawful intelligence and precision location tracking, it’s leading the push toward ‘augmented intelligence’
Meet Deputy Chief James Beyer of the Irving (Texas) Police Department, who brings a humanistic, solutions-driven approach to policy, personnel and long-term planning
Montgomery County Police Department officers arrested the 18-year-old after finding his “memoir,” which included a character who executed a school shooting
Learn from the tragedy of Devonte Hart to be better informed about child abuse prevention and investigation
Combining Utility’s expertise in body-worn and in-car cameras with STRAX’s systems integration and workflow management empowers law enforcement to better monitor, analyze, and respond to criminal activities in real time
Officials suggested that the LAPD update their communication training to better handle situations like this event
The 18-year-old’s brother called 911 and stated his brother was “going crazy” and that he hadn’t slept for four days; when officers arrived, the armed suspect began running after them
The rise of consumer DNA testing and open genetic databases made forensic genetic genealogy a valuable tool for law enforcement investigations
Video shows the escalating violence of a day-long crisis that left multiple officers wounded and ended in a fatal officer-involved shooting
One bill bars citizen review boards from investigating allegations of officer misconduct; another bill creates a 25-foot buffer around police officers when they are working
New reforms include developing a policy to limit “pretextual stops” and revising training for investigatory stops
The dropped sexual assault cases from the past eight years are among over 264,000 incident reports that were never submitted for investigation due to an internal code citing staff shortages
The forum aims to address the growing prevalence of financial sextortion activity across social media platforms and explore solutions to combat this crime
OLI’s Railroad Investigation and Safety Course for law enforcement now POST-Certified in 40 States Including D.C.
After crashing into the Texas DPS building the first time, the suspect had backed up with the intention of doing it again before he was detained
The pilot program would allow access to a caller’s phone camera so troopers can view the scene live, as well as capture photos and videos for evidence collection
The stolen vehicle had an AirTag inside, which helped police locate the vehicle parked less than a mile away; the suspect got back into the vehicle after he noticed officers nearby
The suspects hit stores in search of limited-edition box sets of the toys, part of a trend of “Lego larceny”
LAPD, federal investigators look to DNA, fingerprints, video to help crack multimillion-dollar heist
Officials say the thieves that stole about $30 million from a money storage facility seemed to have entered through the roof; investigators are requesting home security footage from the surrounding neighborhood
Retired detectives Dave Johnson, Mike Blankenbaker and Tom Dittmar, along with retired judge David Elofson are taking a closer look at cases on file at the Yakima Police Department that have no active leads or new evidence
A years-long probe turned into “the largest seizure and takedown of a dogfighting ring in the history of the state of New Jersey,”
Retired police lieutenant and dog training innovator Garret Wing sheds light on the dark world of illegal dog fighting and its ties to other criminal enterprises
“My policy is always [that] we don’t go home until we have someone in handcuffs or a name and someone we can sign a warrant on,” Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch stated
The biker’s social media account also included multiple other videos of illegal activities, which are now considered evidence
Law enforcement agencies in New Jersey, Mississippi, Florida and New York helped the ASPCA rescue the animals
The ruling came after Gerald Goines’ lawyers argued prosecutors had used the underlying charge of tampering with a government record to indict him for murder
Neither the music producer nor any of his family members were arrested during the March 25 raids; Combs’ attorney alleged that the raids were based on ungrounded accusations from civil cases
One of the features Greeley Police Chief Adam Turk is most excited about with the real-time information center is the increased capacity for drones
The harassment began in December and the students refused to stop; the victim ultimately reported the behavior to Maryland State Police, which investigated and filed charges against the students
As the El Paso Police officer made contact with the suspect, the suspect made menacing comments toward the officer and asked if he “picked the wrong day to go to work”
The suspect, who was on meth, refused Officer Toni McBride’s commands to drop a box cutter as he continued to move toward officers at the scene of a car crash
The LASD said the 17-year-old reached toward the deputy’s firearm and retrieved it from the deputy’s holster; during the altercation, she suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound
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