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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.

The Department of Labor predicts there will be a 17 percent increase in forensic science jobs between 2016 and 2026
Today’s law enforcement officers must have the skills and knowledge to conduct thorough digital investigations.
Concerning behaviors include acts of physical aggression, abuse (emotional, sexual, physical, financial, or psychological), stalking, drug abuse and bullying
Observing the subject’s behavior throughout the interrogation process will allow the investigator to constantly calculate their present location and timeline to the final destination — the truth
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Handler apparently left them in his vehicle after returning to his home from work
Police have found no motive for the shooting
Officers were killed during a traffic stop earlier this month
Some held signs and banners against the use of force, while other demonstrators supported police
Notebook that was mailed to James Holmes’ psychiatrist before the attack offered the first glimpse into his mental state during the shooting
An autopsy will determine if a man had drugs or alcohol in his system when he fatally shot one worker and injured a second before killing himself
Was captured Tuesday by security forces in Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, and deported back to the U.S.
Police identified the victim as Enrique Hernandez, 43, who had chop wounds on his neck, head and right leg
Man was seen armed with a knife and a crowbar Sunday morning inside the county courthouse
The state trooper and cadet were laying out stop sticks as the speeding suspect approached, who was travelling 90-100 mph
The boy is in critical condition after being struck once in the chest by a BB
The vehicle was parked near the U.S. Capitol building and the vehicle’s owner was found and arrested
Organs are believed to be either from dogs or sheep
A court document said authorities believe the killings “required the presence and assistance of more than one person”
Self-proclaimed chief of a Masonic police force was charged by Los Angeles County prosecutors of falsely representing himself as actual law enforcement
Deputies’ safety is at risk because the department cannot account for the whereabouts of every inmate in the system
U.S. marshals and police tracked down and arrested a dangerous ex-convict and five others, bringing a sudden and safe ending to a multistate manhunt
Hundreds marched in Washington state’s capital city to protest a police shooting that wounded two people suspected of trying to steal beer
Gray was arrested April 12. He died in a hospital a week later
DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office says it received a call from OnStar that the service had the location of a stolen vehicle
Man was accidentally shot after opening a door in a dark stairway that Officer Peter Liang was patrolling
Former Marine and ex-convict accused in the slayings of a wealthy executive and three others had worked for the businessman’s construction company
One gun was found by a child
Police have acknowledged firing on armed bikers, but it is not clear how many of the dead were shot by officers
Gunfire broke out Wednesday while police were trying to arrest a fugitive in Omaha
A tip from an informant led to two arrests that may have thwarted a series of planned attacks