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.
The state fusion center helps local agencies develop leads and catch criminals using facial recognition from Vigilant Solutions
As video analytics applications advance, surveillance can identify crime hot spots, track activity levels and help police departments create strategic action plans
Use license plate readers to monitor key points of ingress and egress to identify suspicious vehicles and develop investigative leads
Former gang member who had escaped from a halfway house opened fire on a police officer before killing himself
The pre-9/11 terrorism operational model shares many parallels with the current environment — the big difference between 1993 and today is we are now acutely aware of who the jihadists are
Grand jury concluded Wednesday that the suspect was armed with a handgun that police missed while patting him down
Federal officials said one of those arrested spoke of attacking President Barack Obama or planting a bomb on Coney Island
Police have opened a criminal investigation into an officer who was videotaped pushing and slapping a homeless man at a bus terminal
Brother of Cleveland’s police chief has been killed and the girlfriend suspected in his death shot herself when troopers stopped her vehicle
Detectives are questioning Andrew J. Neal in connection with the shooting of Officer Jordan Davis
Evidence from more than 6,600 rape kits that went untested for years have turned up 850 hits in the FBI’s nationwide database of DNA profiles
Police responding an invasion at the home of a credit union official uncovered a robbery plot and then found a man with an apparent bomb strapped to his body
Officer spotted a man matching the description of the suspect near the entrance of a Dunkin Donuts drinking coffee
The shooting followed a nearly hour-long nighttime pursuit for alleged reckless driving that ended when the Corvette hit a car in an intersection
Police found home surveillance cameras inside, illegal gambling machines and two rifles with ammunition
Defense attorneys for a man accused of killing mother of four after a car chase said Monday that the case has been mischaracterized
Officers mistook cop for a suspect after he joined in the pursuit in plainclothes
Video purported to be by rebel group al-Shabab urged Muslims to attack shopping malls in the U.S., Canada, Britain and other Western countries
Said claim was premature and the case needs more investigation into the police department’s dealing with people who are mentally ill or don’t speak English
Former officer who had lost his job because of allegations of domestic violence shot his ex-wife to death and wounded a sheriff and deputy Sunday
Man forced his way into a closed Kmart store and briefly took a janitor hostage before fleeing
Danish police say gang members with Muslim backgrounds are being radicalized both in prison and outside
Retired police officer apparently shot his two teenage daughters to death and then killed himself in the family’s home
Demonstrators blocked traffic along the cable bridge as they slowly marched from Pasco toward Kennewick
Officer in “satisfactory but stable condition” after ambush attack
In November, the NAACP asked the Justice Department to review the shooting for any civil rights violations, saying information released by police did not seem to justify the shooting
Zambrano-Montes’ widow and two daughters have filed a $25 million claim with the city in the first step toward a lawsuit
Investigators asked the public Thursday to provide more social media images and eyewitness accounts of shooting that has sparked a series of protests
Erich Nowsch, 19, was arrested on suspicion of murder Thursday after SWAT teams surrounded his home
A young man went online to find ways to kill silently with a knife just before stabbing his first three victims — one of them 94 times
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SWAT teams were at a home about a block from where victim Tammy Meyers lived
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