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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Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko says Matthew Graham skipped a meeting with his probation officer on Saturday and stole cash and a pistol from his mother’s home
In between the domestic violence incident and the latest controversy, SFPD has encountered several other missteps
In an attempt to root out problem officers and monitor patterns of potential misbehavior, NYPD is creating a database
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Initially called a hit and run, investigators found forensic evidence on an officer’s unmarked police car
Controversial stop included a passenger being pulled from car at gunpoint
U.S. Labor Department confirmed its Wage and Hour Division is investigating the Austin Police Department
Some victims may have been targeted at random in the seven-week period of shooting rampages
FBI attributed the problem to incomplete and inaccurate paperwork
Co-worker claimed he threw semen on her inside of police headquarters
Attorneys for the supervisors have said they believe race is behind county prosecutor push
The next police commissioner will have a daunting to-do list
Image has reached over 47 million people on Facebook as investigators try to identity the child
Police union says lawsuit likely to come
Said action needed to strengthen confidence in law enforcement
Officers fatally shot man after he drew back his arm as if he was going to throw the large rock he was holding
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Philly department was made aware of the video shortly after it was posted by an LA-based blogger on YouTube
State prosecutors are also investigating and intend to take the case before a grand jury
After a citizen’s bike was stolen, he walked to the nearest police station only to find it closed
Chief was given no explanation for her termination despite a work history of favorable job performance ratings
The Justice Department examined the response of the four agencies in the first 16 days after the fatal shooting
State Judge Darold McDade handed down the sentence for 18-year-old Meagan Grunwald in the January 2014 pursuit
Gun belonged to a federal agent — the latest twist in a case that has become a flashpoint in the country’s debate over immigration
The technology has obtained admissible results in cases where traditional methods have come up empty
Dylann Storm Roof, already charged with nine counts of murder, received three new charges of attempted murder
Fogle was detained while electronics were removed from the home and analyzed inside a mobile forensics
Judge said prosecutor ‘faithfully performed his duty’ in connection with the grand jury proceedings
Sheriff said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency should have issued an arrest warrant earlier for shooter
Chief must answer after contradictions between his statements and commission’s finding that shooting wasn’t justified
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