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.
After initial crowd control training, police officers often receive annual training updates, which is the perfect opportunity to clean and inspect their tactical equipment
This investigation technique opens the door to potentially solving many more cold cases, but law enforcement must be sure they remain within legal boundaries
The Marine Corps’ Combat Hunter Program and the broken windows concept of policing are both about taking action to prevent future undesirable action
Police were responding to reports of someone shooting a gun and were ambushed while trying to protect the residents
Suspect immediately began shooting when the two officers arrived — resulting in a 15 minute gun battle in which all 3 were injured
Detective says officers who fired feared suspect was reaching for a police weapon or could begin driving idling police vehicle
Cops are directing traffic as the group heads toward the police administration building where a there is a scheduled meeting of the city Police Commission
Parents of 3 victims suing county, sheriff’s department and killer’s landlord, contending they ignored warning signs that gunman was violent and unstable
Mayor said Cleveland’s response was poorly worded and offensive, and the city will modify the wording of its defense
Chief says initial signs show that the officers used what they had learned
Shortly after dusk along a lonely stretch of Interstate 95, armed robbers hijacked an armored truck, tied up the two guards and disappeared into the night
Ibragim Todashev was fatally shot while being questioned about a Boston Marathon bombing suspect
Officer shot over the weekend in a gunfight with a suspected gang member is recovering at home with his family
The collision occurred on a notoriously dangerous stretch of the road
The city of Cleveland says it isn’t to blame for the death of a 12-year-old boy who had a replica gun when he was shot by police
Officer’s gun was found partly cocked and jammed with a bullet in the chamber and another in the ejection port, indicating a struggle for the weapon
36-year-old Joseph Jesse Aldridge used a .45-caliber handgun to kill two people each at three homes
Incident erupted into a gun battle between officers and at least one man Saturday
The Merced police officer is said to be in stable condition following the shooting
In a report released Friday, the Denver medical examiner’s office said Jessica Hernandez also had marijuana and a small amount of alcohol in her system
Kenan Dason Ivery is accused of shooting and killing an officer who tried to confront him inside a pub
Records show that thieves stole more than 2,100 bikes last year worth more than $1 million
Caller said Williams’ girlfriend, Dana Johnson, was “acting erratic” and confessed
Question of whether or not suspect was shot in the back is at the center of two conflicting autopsy reports
Gunman killed seven people and wounded an eighth person in an overnight house-to-house rampage in a small Missouri town
British newspaper that alleged people have been illegally detained, beaten and denied access to counsel in a Homan Square facility
Suit said Bronx precinct supervisors kept color-coded records of who met quotas and officers were punished when they fell short
Inquiry underway into whether officers’ use of force was justified in the pursuit of a suspect who is accused of crashing into a cop and badly injuring him
NYPD Commissioner William Bratton said this was the first public case in New York involving possible fighters going to the Islamic State
Businesses couldn’t process card transactions, ATMs didn’t function, police databases were unavailable, and weather reports were affected
Three officers fired 17 shots at an unarmed Mexican man in Washington state, and five or six of the bullets hit him
Woman was alone in a vehicle in western Pennsylvania when she shot herself as troopers approached her Tuesday
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