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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 cybercrime scene can be as challenging to manage as a physical crime scene for investigators
Susteen’s affordable hand-held device enables a rapid response to threats in the field
Crime scene investigators should be included in weekly discussions of the progress of cases and potential directions of investigations
Officer Robert Wilson had stopped in the Game Stop on March 5 to buy a gift for his older son’s upcoming 10th birthday when he was killed
Suspect somehow got his hands in front of him and when two officers returned to the vehicle, he started shooting at them
20-year-old Canadian man crossed the U.S.-Canada border illegally in March and sprayed the agent with bear spray
Was a passenger in a car that crashed head-on into a tractor-trailer after leaving a Staten Island strip club
The arrested bikers have all been charged with engaging in organized crime and each is being held on $1 million bonds
Suspects in the DEA’s “Operation Pilluted” include doctors and pharmacists
García Villalpando was told more than 20 times to stop approaching the officer
Deputy stopped a vehicle and was startled when two men came out of the nearby woods and attacked him
One officer was shot by an ECD, and the other suffered a serious facial laceration
In a memo dated May 1, the Texas Department of Public Safety cautioned authorities about increasing violence between the Bandidos and the Cossacks
The men, who were known to be friends, suffered no obvious signs of trauma
Detective Wojciech Braszczok faces top-level assault charges in the September 2013 attack on an SUV driver
City’s police chief said he fears for the officer’s safety
Law enforcement remained on alert Monday after a deadly shootout between rival biker gangs shook up the community
18-year-old gunman yelled, “Go ahead and kill me” to the officers as the Sunday shootout occurred
Shootout erupted among rival biker gangs at a Central Texas restaurant, sending patrons and bystanders fleeing for safety
Montgomery County Police say 40-year-old Dajuan Graham of Burtonsville died Tuesday at a local hospital
City workers cutting the grass along a street found the .40-caliber pistol that police believe Marvin Banks used to shoot the officers
At least three of the victims suffered stab wounds or blunt-force injuries and all four were homicide victims
Fleeing teen was holding a loaded handgun and the officer feared for his life and a fellow officer’s
Man shot and wounded a sheriff’s deputy at a gas station, then hijacked a car and fled
Federal jury has cleared six former officers in a corruption case that prompted scores of convictions to be overturned
30-year-old David Baril, who remains in critical condition, faces assault and weapon charges
Several hundred law enforcement officers were lining up Thursday to pay respects
Mission to map and scan buildings and blocks ravaged by the Baltimore riots will treat the city as a crime scene writ large
Two judges on a federal appeals panel seemed unlikely to reinstate a guilty verdict against a former officer who became dubbed the “cannibal cop”
Man pulled a hammer from a bag and lunged at officers who approached him on the street
On Wednesday morning, protesters began gathering outside of the apartment house where the shooting happened
Surveillance video from hours after the shooting shows a man and a woman getting out of a car at scene where police later arrested suspect
Advancing technologies have put such techniques under more scrutiny, including from judges, and highlighted the limits of once-established practices