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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.

A partnership between an investigator, an analyst and a prosecutor to share data and collaborate on cases is reducing gang crime in Georgia
Known as “cyberbanging,” gangs are recruiting new members, intimidating rivals, promoting criminal activity and advertising their brand online
These centers incorporate all aspects of intelligence-led policing by emphasizing information sharing and collaboration among varying criminal justice stakeholders
Prosecutors say that by withholding key details from therapist, Holmes showed he knew what he was doing was wrong
Prosecutors say a prison tailoring shop instructor agreed to be getaway driver for escaped inmates but got cold feet
What looked like a powerful handgun turned out to be a BB gun
Trooper approached a vehicle Sunday to inform the driver of an equipment violation when a male passenger stepped out and began firing
A number of unidentified people began firing at officers from behind as police were pursuing a suspect
Sheriff’s officials attribute the increase to the learning curve for the new weapon, the Smith & Wesson M&P9
Police say the officer responded to an assault call Saturday when the shooting occurred
Andrea Farrington was shot multiple times in her torso, and a handgun and three 9mm casings were found at the scene
Cliven Bundy said Saturday that contract researchers for the federal Bureau of Land Management had no business being on rangeland, but he denied he or his supporters fired gunshots
Investigators have found no hard evidence the officer who fatally shot a 12-year-old ordered him to raise his hands before opening fire
Residents in rural New York were on edge as the manhunt for two killers stretched into a ninth day
Chief David Brown said the suspect told authorities he was James Boulware and blamed police for having lost custody of his son and for “accusing him of being a terrorist”
A month after the fatal shooting, a press conference gave way to many details about the officers involved and weapons found at the scene
Both men are charged with conspiring with Usaama Rahim, who was killed last week by terror investigators who had him under surveillance
Authorities said man plotted to blow up a police station, kill officers and trigger an anti-government uprising
Judge called police reporting armed people inside his home and lured them into a standoff that ended in his arrest
Ex testified James Holmes showed no interest in guns during their relationshipm
Lawyer said officer was fraught with emotion after responding earlier to two suicide calls
Engine was disabled by a small fire sparked from the gunshots
Law enforcement officers who responded in the first moments had no idea how dire situation was
Police said they don’t know who shot the 20-year veteran officer during an unrelated traffic stop Tuesday
Evidence made public from a fatal police shooting appears to contradict the official narrative
The commission voted unanimously on Tuesday
Fifth day of searching will entail going from house to house in Dannemora for cop killer and convicted murderer
Officer David Eric Casebolt resigned Tuesday from the McKinney Police Department
Detective was acquitted Tuesday of the most serious charges but convicted of lesser crimes
State and federal law officers poured into a small town Tuesday after getting a report of a possible sighting
City Mayor Brian Loughmiller said officials plan to meet with community leaders as the incident is investigated by authorities
Incident began when officers responded Friday night to a report of a disturbance involving a group of youths at a neighborhood pool party
“I just wanted him to stop almost killing people”