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 D.C. Circuit ruled in U.S. v. Brown that forcing a suspect to unlock a phone with a thumbprint violates the Fifth Amendment
The digital landscape is ever-evolving, with new technologies and communication methods constantly emerging
Machine learning can help investigators identify critical patterns and insights, enabling investigators to optimize obtaining evidence and building stronger cases
While GPS is not new technology, the use of geofence warrants in law enforcement investigations is relatively recent
Austin Officer Christopher Taylor was on trial for murder for shooting a man fleeing a traffic stop
The move comes after Derek Chauvin’s correspondence with a pathologist who claims that George Floyd’s death was caused by a rare tumor
“If anyone thinks that they can get away with spreading hate and harming other New Yorkers and violating the law, you will be caught,” the governor said
“Had officers arrived a few seconds later, this could have been a very different outcome,” said White Settlement Police Chief Christopher Cook
The long processing times were called into question last year when a man was convicted of a 2021 rape weeks after killing a woman in 2022
The policy requires medical examiners to list all sources of information used in autopsy reports and to state whether any officers were present during the autopsy
The NYPD stated 69 antisemitic incidents were reported last month, up from 22 in Oct. 2022
“These deputies never had a chance,” Sheriff Chad Chronister said. “They didn’t have a chance to get out of the way”
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The May incident led to an officer being fired and charged, as well as increased de-escalation training at the department
Since the leak, media companies have filed a lawsuit for access, while families connected with the school have discouraged releasing the writings
Acting Police Chief Pamela Smith says the tracking tags have already helped the department locate several stolen cars this year
The backlog includes about 1,200 kits from before 2016 and 450 kits collected from 2016 to 2019
Data sharing by and between police agencies is needed more than ever, but that process requires sensitivity and finesse
Twenty-eight people were charged with selling drugs in October – nearly half the number of all drug selling charges last year
Objectives of the program include “removing distractions” and “providing a work schedule geared to the operational needs of the team”
Video shows the suspect reaching into his waistband, then using his hands to pretend like he is pointing a gun at officers
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The suspect had been sought since the Wednesday night shootings that killed 18 people and wounded 13
As much as 40% of Antioch’s officers are currently suspended for investigations of misconduct, some involving the FBI
The two detectives said they had to work around the clock following the incident and even had to miss officer Aréanah Preston’s funeral
Union President Steve Slack said officers are “doing an exemplary job in improving mental health call outcomes and no amount of cherry-picking data can take away from that fact”
The district attorney labeled the deputy’s decision to jump into the suspect vehicle as “unusual,” but said that his use of force was necessary
Jason Jones, who doused himself with hand sanitizer and caught on fire after being TASERed, died in 2021 from his injuries
New reforms include reviews of every incident where officers brandish a firearm, a policy that limits the use of “pretextual stops” and revised training intended to “limit the role of bias and prejudice”
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