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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.

FETI training focuses on enhancing the quality and quantity of information obtained from victims who have undergone highly stressful or traumatic experiences
Even though Jack Sawyer made elaborate plans and purchased weapons and ammo to shoot up a school, attempted murder and assault charges were dropped because of an over-century old Vermont law
When responding to opioid overdose calls, police investigators can deploy these tactics to locate drug dealers
40-year-old U.S. citizen died after a border inspector shot him with a stun gun at the nation’s busiest crossing
Police say surveillance video shows suspect pointing a gun at the officer
Firefighter was injured in a drive-by shooting that apparently targeted a group of firefighters as they put fuel in a fire truck behind their station
A man believed to have killed his ex-wife and five of her relatives killed himself with a combination of drugs after the slayings
The plan would include creating a community relations panel, re-evaluating officers’ diversity training, and providing body cameras
The man praised the New York gunman on Instagram and wrote that he was on his way to New York to kill more officers
The killings have raised concerns and tempers in the already tense nationwide debate surrounding police conduct
Officer was driving Friday when he was shot from a car parallel with his
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has said he will call up the National Guard if there is any violent reaction to the prosecutor’s decision
Highway sign dedicated to four Oakland police officers killed in 2009 was ripped from its post on Interstate 580 and tagged with a red “X”
Revelation highlights concerns about how authorities are cooperating as they deal with demonstrations
Paramedic posted Instagram a photo of two black men pointing handguns at a white police officer under the caption: “Our real enemy”
Officer tackled man to the ground and used his stun gun on him twice
Amateur video shows suspects pushing, kicking and punching officers on the Brooklyn Bridge
Morning meteorologist was shot in a parking lot after an argument
Police have released video showing what happened when an Albuquerque police officer accidentally shot a man during a burglary investigation
Bradley Stone had an ax, a machete and two prescription pill bottles beside him when he was found dead Tuesday in the woods after killing 6
Shooting appears to be related to gang activity, and the PD’s gang squad is handling the investigation
Four year sentence has essentially turned into a life sentence after a series of elaborate escapes that earned inmate the nickname “prison Houdini”
18-year-old soldier clad in fatigues shot a young girl as he tried to get into her home
Aaron Hodges suggested killing a white officer for every black man killed by police
Melee left an officer with a broken nose during a demonstration on the Brooklyn Bridge over the weekend
Union wants answers on why an anti-cop music video was filmed inside of the Nassau County Jail, by former inmates
Leaders demanded to know how a man with a violent criminal history slipped through the cracks and ended up in a cafe where he took 17 hostages
Officer’s gun accidentally went off as he crept through a broken window during an Albuquerque burglary investigation
Man suspected of killing his ex-wife and five of her relatives was found dead in the woods Tuesday after a day-and-a-half manhunt
Officials are investigating after the gravestone of a fallen officer was vandalized Saturday
8-year-old man arrested Sunday is the second of three people believed to be involved in a shooting outside an alternative Portland high school