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 most dangerous weapon so far in terms of Westerner recruitment has been the Islamic State’s ability to characterize smaller acts of terrorism as being valuable and important
A mobile digital forensics lab allows detectives to gather electronic data from devices at a crime scene without taking them to a lab for testing
Officers must make life and death decisions and conduct investigations into criminal acts much like physicians investigate what’s ailing a patient
Sheriff’s deputy was recovering Thursday morning after being shot during a late night prostitution sting
Protests sent thousands onto New York’s streets, where 83 people were arrested
Officer on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation into a rap video in which she allegedly appears alongside suspected gang members
The app enables officers to validate information and compare partial observations, such as vehicle license plates
Mayor Bill de Blasio said that any tool that provides an officer’s perspective would help avoid future controversies
Said Wednesday he was full of emotion when he yelled “Burn this bitch down!” but said his remarks had nothing to do with the arson and looting in Ferguson
Justice Department official said federal authorities would conduct their own investigation into the July 17 death
A weekend gunfight with an off-duty sheriff’s deputy outside a bar left one of the men in critical condition
Police are investigating Brown’s stepfather for angry comments on the streets of Ferguson after a grand jury decided not to indict Officer Darren Wilson
Police arrested 46-year-old Jaleel Tariq Abdul-Jabbaar after a string of death threats made over Facebook that stretched back to shortly after the August 9 shooting of Michael Brown
Unlikely alliance involved a group of pacifist Mexican Mennonites growing tons of pot and working with a notoriously vicious cartel to ship it across border
Officer, who joined Cleveland police in March, is described by others as a quiet, respectful guy
Police in Houston arrested two teens for damaging a home after linking them to video posted on the popular messaging app
A towing company owner killed his ex-girlfriend, two men she had romantic trysts with and the owner of a rival tow truck firm Monday
Man who shot up downtown Austin and tried to burn the Mexican Consulate appeared to be planning a broader attack
A manhunt was underway for a gunman suspected in three separate shootings Monday that left four dead in north-central West Virginia
Researchers at Washington State University are working on a breath test to determine if a driver is under the influence of marijuana
Gunfire was reported but no one was wounded
The father and a woman at the home face charges of false imprisonment, cruelty to children and obstruction
The medical examiner had previously identified the male shooter as 31-year-old Marcus Dee
The French Connection was the major supplier of heroin to the U.S. until police busted it up in the ‘70s
Safety officials say they’ve found two stun guns, a machete and other weapons in a man’s checked baggage at JFK Airport
Man fell naked through the ceiling of a women’s bathroom at Boston’s airport and then assaulted an elderly man
Police say 20-year-old man whose dead body was found inside a car in Ferguson after riots erupted had been intentionally set on fire
An autopsy shows the woman who was beheaded at an Oklahoma food-processing plant apparently tried to fight off her attacker
A 12-year-old boy carrying a pellet gun that looked like a real firearm was ordered three times to show his hands before he was fatally shot by an officer
Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson says he “never wanted to take anybody’s life” and feels sorry about the death of Michael Brown
