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.
While the ACLU continues to attack police use of “stop and frisk,” history shows that aggressive and focused policing substantially reduces crime
Law enforcement leadership, corrections leadership and policymakers need to reevaluate their strategy for implementing gang prevention programs
The opinion suggests a shifting landscape for police searches and seizures
Judge has been appointed to make “needed reforms” in Ferguson’s municipal court system, which was sharply criticized in a recent DOJ report
The hacker collective known as ‘Anonymous’ has claimed responsibility for an ongoing cyber attack on the city of Madison
As four Utah police officers approached an overturned car discovered below a bridge in an icy river, they heard a woman’s voice asking softly for help
Windie Lazenko has worked with federal prosecutors, the FBI and police, testified before state lawmakers and addressed church and school groups
Plot to kill police officers and blow up a police station meant to trigger an uprising against the government
Made a post on Facebook inviting friends to join him at batting practice in Boise
Chief said he has gone out of his way to avoid what he once called Ferguson’s “missteps”
Officer arrested a college student as he photographed a police encounter with a homeless woman
A judge tossed Woods’ conviction in September after new DNA tests linked the Reno crime to an Oregon inmate
Police received reports that someone was jumping into traffic and caused a battery before following the suspect into an apartment
Path to Skid Row was marked by mistakes and miscommunication by three governments on three continents over nearly 20 years
Bomb-sniffing dogs turned up nothing after the incident Thursday afternoon
Unnamed officer was found to be justified for drawing his gun after his partner wrestled with a protester who struck him on Dec. 10
Police alerted the train operator to halt any oncoming traffic as they got the dog off the track, then rushed her to a veterinarian
A two-officer patrol car stopped a vehicle when shots were fired in their direction
Evidence supported story that the shooting was an accident, but the prosecutor said it also could have been avoided
Report concluded that city law enforcement practices are discriminatory and unconstitutional and calls for sweeping changes
Report says there were no credible witnesses who incriminated Wilson and whose accounts were consistent with prior statements
Racist emails uncovered in a Justice Department investigation into the city’s law enforcement practices
City attorney described then-photojournalism student as “a meddlesome 24-year-old” with “very high-minded ideas about government”
The problems began in the late 1990s when French officials gave suspect a passport under what turned out to be a stolen name
Man put his dead neighbor in the bed of his pickup truck and drove to his lawyer’s office claiming he’d killed the man in self-defense
Heist was carefully planned and raises questions about who was involved other than the three armed robbers
Police captured suspect Tuesday, ending a massive manhunt that evoked memories of two snipers who killed 10 people in 2002 in the Washington area
Officers’ names, addresses and information on their children’s schools were posted online
Mexican police and soldiers on Wednesday arrested the man widely considered to be the most important leader of the Zetas drug cartel
FBI believes suspect is responsible for shootings along highways, including one near the Fort Meade Army installation, which is home to the NSA
Had past bank robbery conviction, wanted probation status and lived under false name
Federal officials concluded there was no evidence to disprove Wilson’s testimony that he feared for his safety
Police were responding to reports of someone shooting a gun and were ambushed while trying to protect the residents
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