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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 discuss the ever-increasing role of DNA evidence – as well as the rapidly growing use of publicly available DNA databases – in police investigations
A new adjustable design means you can outfit any officer in your department without having to purchase a specific size for each individual
The ALS causes certain materials to fluoresce, which enhances the ability to visualize specific evidence
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
Officer remains in critical condition after undergoing a third surgery
Former Officer Nathanial Robinson plans to appeal his firing after being terminated last week over his use of force in the incident
A gunman opened fire Saturday at three separate locations, killing a victim at each site
Father of a patient at a hospital who became distraught over his son’s condition surrendered without incident after about a four-hour standoff
The four were attacked around 10 p.m. Friday in the Hayes Valley district, and died at the scene
Matthew Christian Cash was high on PCP when he slammed his vehicle into a cruiser and two other parked vehicles
Gene Thomas Brandon, Jr., who has a history of mental illness, was delusional at the time of the attack
Woman was shot by officer during a domestic disturbance call Tuesday
Judge also said two supervisors demoted for violating police protocol in the case should be reinstated
Sheriff’s deputy who authorities say a fellow deputy killed in a hotel was shot multiple times and had other injuries that appeared related to a fight
Several officers were interviewing a suspect in a domestic violence incident when gunfire erupted
No officers were injured in the rampage
SWAT teams backed by helicopters tracked two heavily armed brothers with al-Qaida sympathies suspected in the newsroom massacre of a satirical French weekly
Bomb squad found containers of frozen urine in the vehicle of man who police say lunged at an officer with a knife and was fatally shot
FBI investigating whether the blast was domestic terrorism
Man lunged at an airport police officer with a knife during a confrontation
Revealed Wednesday that a doctor was killed in a shooting at a veterans’ clinic, as agents interviewed hundreds of potential witnesses to determine a motive
Deputy, his wife, daughter and stepson were found shot to death in home
Two officers’ decision to pay for a troubled man’s restaurant tab led to his being arrested in his roommate’s stabbing death
Newly released video footage from officer’s lapel camera shows motorist opening a driver door and firing shots during the weekend traffic stop
Officers are on heightened alert after they disarmed a man who took a loaded handgun into a police station on Tuesday
A gunman opened fire at a veterans’ medical clinic in West Texas on Tuesday, killing one other person
Wife said she was asleep when the shooting happened but believes it was an accident
Nathanial Robinson was fired following an internal affairs investigation into the Dec. 11 incident
A man who was shot and killed by officers left behind several suicide notes in his cellphone, including one addressed to police
Man suspected of shooting and wounding an Albuquerque officer during a weekend traffic stop was arrested after a massive manhunt
An officer who left his home after a verbal argument with his wife and was missing for nearly a week was found dead Sunday
31-year veteran Officer Lou Golson was struck twice by gunfire shortly after stopping the unidentified suspect Saturday