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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The FLIR Breach PTQ 136 thermal camera is an officer’s sixth sense in the field
Evidence management consultant Gayla Robison, a retired police property room manager, talks about the need for software to manage the chain of custody
3-year-old boy picked up an unattended gun inside a home and it went off, shooting a 1-year-old boy in the head and killing him Sunday
Robert Bates, an insurance executive who was volunteering on an undercover operation in Tulsa, accidentally shot Eric Harris on April 2
Suspect was captured Tuesday after entering a campus print shop Monday and firing once at his former supervisor with a pistol-grip shotgun
Officer thought he was holding a stun gun, not his handgun, when he fired at 44-year-old Eric Harris
Police didn’t shoot any bullets but fired tear gas into the home. The man came outside and had a gunshot wound to the head
29-year-old Danielle Nicole Blake was taken into custody Sunday and faces multiple charges in the incident
One person was killed Monday in a shooting at a community college that was locked down as authorities searched for a gunman
April 2 shooting occurred after convicted felon Eric Courtney Harris sold a 9mm pistol to undercover officers during a sting and fled
Capitol Police Chief Kim Dine said the man had a backpack, a rolling suitcase and a sign that said something about “social justice”
Witnesses who were riding a cable car saw the black sedan go airborne, and the windshield was badly damaged
Public Defender Jeff Adachi said four deputies at the County Jail threatened inmates with violence if they did not fight each other
San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon said Friday that the video “disturbed and troubled” him and appeared to show an excessive use of force
Officials have released surveillance video capturing the sudden attack on a Boston officer as he approached a vehicle
Officer was shot once in the upper body Friday during a confrontation with a man outside of a convenience store
Attorney believes drugs caused suspect’s death, not the use of a K-9 and other force in the March 31 incident
Man struck deputy several times before getting shot by police
Sheriff’s statement said Francis Pusok fled from deputies early in the afternoon as they tried to serve a search warrant in an identity-theft investigation
Armed man kidnapped a woman, killed a Census Bureau guard and led police on a pursuit before an exchange of gunfire left him and an officer wounded
Video shows the man fatally shot by a police officer get out of his car and then run away during a traffic stop
The FBI, Director James B. Comey said, must improve how it collects and analyzes data from law enforcement agencies
A botched investigation into the rape of a 13-year-old girl has led to a $3.5 million settlement between the victim and county officials
Bandit robbed a bank disguised as a woman
U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions on Mexico’s violent Jalisco New Generation cartel a day after the gang mounted a bloody ambush
Officials say suspect swung a metal broom and refused commands to stop, but the suspect’s family called this week for an independent investigation
Deputies were in Colorado City, Arizona, for seven hours Friday until they received a search warrant to enter the home of an aunt
Five men face charges that they impersonated plainclothes detectives to burglarize homes
The city’s success in clearing the backlog could be a model for other cities facing similar problems
Death is raising questions about the use of young, low-level drug offenders as confidential informants
Police say two people have been arrested and the search is on for a third after gunfire from a vehicle damaged a patrol car
Police in Denver are leading a national trend to put ballistics evidence into the hands of investigators quicker — before leads dry up and suspects disappear
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