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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.

Jim and Doug are joined by Vallejo Police Lieutenant Jason Potts in a discussion about evidence-based policing
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During a recent seminar, investigator Paul Holes detailed the methods he used to track the killer
17-year-old was seen running away from the Springfield Regional Medical Center wearing an orange jail jumpsuit and no shoes
Gunfire erupted during a crowded party in a vacant house in Omaha early Saturday, leaving three people dead and five wounded
A man is suspected of killing his daughter, wife, and the child’s grandmother, and a second young daughter was wounded
As officers surrounded the vehicle, 34-year-old Calvin Logan, the suspect’s husband, exited a nearby car and approached police, claiming to be an officer
Six packets of the drug, weighing more than six pounds, were taped to the six-propeller remote-controlled aircraft
Cop revealed himself as a police officer to a drug trafficking suspect that had produced a replica gun
Officials and experts have said a prosecution would be highly unlikely
A bomb squad robot safely removed the vest from the suspect Thursday while he was lying on a sidewalk
The men appeared in the photos displaying money they are also accused of taking from the victim
John Ballard Gorman, 45, was shot when another agent’s gun accidentally discharged during an exercise
The settlement resolves allegations that the Drug Enforcement Administration took photos and other information from Arquiett’s cellphone to create a fake Facebook page
Westland police Sgt. Robert Wilkie says the men were taken into custody on Monday, the same day the woman’s body was found
Police said the situation, which unfolded around 11 a.m. at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, was “under control” and they had recovered a gun
24-year-old Lindsay McNamara was carrying a Dunkin’ Donuts box containing raw meat and told an officer she wanted to “feed the pigs”
The vice president and his wife were not at their Wilmington home Saturday night when the shots were fired
Police Chief Louis Ross was shot four times, body armor credited for saving his life
Two teenage sweethearts suspected in a crime spree of stolen vehicles and pilfered checks across the U.S. South have been taken into custody
57-year-old Jose Garcia-Rodriguez shot his wife and an unidentified man before turning the gun on himself in the mall’s food court
The 18-year-old and his 13-year-old girlfriend have so far eluded capture
Suspect arrested when he stopped for chicken and biscuits at a restaurant two blocks away from the bank that was robbed
Man’s behavior was “consistent with someone who intended to hijack an aircraft”
Officer who fired beanbags at a knife-wielding 95-year-old man who later died testified at his trial Thursday that his action was prompted by the fear
Agents from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and a local prosecutor are conducting a criminal probe
Chief has asked for a city investigation to determine if he broke regulations by retweeting a picture of him holding a sign saying, “I resolve to challenge racism @ work” with the hash tag “end white silence”
Suspect broke into a deputy’s home on Monday morning and stole the vest and three firearms
Faces felony charges after police say he threatened an officer by name on a rap video posted to Facebook
Officer is hospitalized with serious injuries after being run down Tuesday night by a possible burglary suspect
Three-judge panel is reviewing a lawsuit that claims police conducted broad surveillance on Muslim businesses, mosques and schools in New Jersey
Some victims and witnesses don’t have the best memories and may not operate at the highest cognitive level and they can get easily overwhelmed by the big pack of pictures that were handed to them