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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Many crimes today – from identity theft to the sale of illegal drugs – can involve the use of the U.S. mail
BWC video shows the chaotic attack that killed one officer and wounded two others, as the only officer left standing was able to stop the heavily armed shooter
As the officers were conducting field sobriety tests on a driver who was going 106 mph in a 55 mph, a driver crashed into an officer’s unoccupied cruiser
Police chief: “This is just pure anarchist behavior. This is the kind of thing that we need to eradicate from this community”
Since 2019, the CHP’s Organized Retail Crime Task Force has arrested over 1,200 individuals and reclaimed $30M worth of merchandise
The request comes after an arbitrator ruled that officers facing serious discipline should have a choice to have their case decided by a police board or a third party
A 911 caller said the man, identified as an off-duty deputy, was distraught and drinking before he allegedly fired shots into the wall of a home
Maui Police Chief John Pelletier repeatedly urges “patience, prayers and perseverance” as teams carefully search the ashes in the community of Lahaina
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As the detective was exiting her vehicle at the scene, the driver accelerated — striking the detective and pinning her against another car
All six had recently pleaded guilty in a connected federal civil rights case; each one agreed to sentences ranging from five to 30 years
The jury awarded Stacey Yerkes about $1.3 million in damages, about $600,000 in back pay, and about $680,000 in front pay
An estimated 30 to 50 people participated in the brazen daytime robbery at the Westfield Topanga Shopping Center, LAPD said
Once a firearm has been identified, alerts are dispatched, including the last known location of the shooter, to school staff and law enforcement
The alleged former gang member is under investigation in the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur
During each robbery, the man handed notes to tellers claiming he was a vigilante helping law enforcement and asking that they “please” place bills in an envelope
The officer was taken by a cruiser to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and the stolen cruiser was found in a parking lot near the shooting scene
Chief Gwinn-Villaroel said no further investigations or disciplinary measures will be conducted against the officers accused of misconduct in the report
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The suspect posted online that he was planning to dig out a camouflage suit and “clean the dust off the m24 sniper rifle,” according to court documents
The three men, including the officer, were “shocked when several police officers answered the door instead of the young girl they were expecting,” police said
The officers entered a house without a warrant on Jan. 24, assaulting the men over a roughly 90-minute period
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said the sentence shows that “no one, not even high-ranking union bosses, is above the law”
One suspect fired several shots from a handgun at troopers who returned fire, critically wounding both suspects
The suspect told the woman he was an undercover officer, showed her a badge and placed her in handcuffs before putting her in the back of his vehicle
The younger man was an NYPD officer, and he was shot by his father in a bedroom as he lay sleeping, a police spokesman said
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Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said the vandals have been using “violence, intimidation and fear” to stop construction of a new training center
The officer was shot twice in the lower extremities and the gunman was shot in the hand
According to documents from the Circleville PD, the chief told the officer to “stop going around to everyone talking about the deployment”
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The constable was driving “in a reckless manner at a high rate of speed, nearly striking the cruiser of several law enforcement officers,” according to state police
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