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.
Decision could affect not only how the Fourth Amendment applies to police searches in the digital age, but also impact NSA surveillance and privacy rights
Gang investigators need to think globally, but act locally when handling gang cases with subsets
Standard police interrogation tactics do not work with sex offenders
Officer had made a traffic stop on a car when another person passed by and fired several gunshots
A 69-year-old woman who died after being shot inside her home has been identified as a retired Philadelphia police officer
A northeastern Pennsylvania school district closed its schools Tuesday after at least two reported sightings of the suspect in a deadly state police ambush
Cell phone video captured an interaction between a Washington man and the sheriff’s deputy he accused of breaking the law
Man accused of shooting at police stations, patrol cars and officers told detectives he wanted to be killed and was disappointed in their marksmanship
Police used pepper spray and chemical munitions to disperse groups of rioters after they ignored warnings to disperse
Officer’s body camera was activated during the arrest of a woman suspected of DWI – capturing the moment the woman attempted to frame him
Bodies of women were found over the weekend after a convicted sex offender’s confession to one killing led police to the grisly discovery of others
A man being treated by paramedics stole an ambulance and led police on a pursuit that ended in a traffic collision, sending two women to the hospital
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to referee a dispute over police access to hotels’ guest information without first getting a search warrant
A woman out for a walk Friday night saw a rifle-toting man with a mud-covered face believed to be suspected cop killer Eric Frein
Violent parties near the city’s annual pumpkin festival led to destruction, dozens of arrests and multiple injuries
43-year-old Granite Falls man accused of shooting at police stations and other targets in three towns is now in jail
36-year-old man was found unresponsive Friday in a holding cell at a Border Patrol checkpoint between Carlsbad, New Mexico and El Paso, Texas
A rifle-toting man with a mud-covered face who was spotted in the Pocono Mountains is believed to be the suspect who has spent more than five weeks on the run
Officers appeared in the video after allegedly receiving permission from a superior
Told investigators that he was pinned in his vehicle and in fear for his life as they struggled over his gun
Calif. woman taken hostage during a bank robbery and killed by police in an ensuing shootout begged for her life as she was dragged away by kidnappers
Man slashed two passengers in a box-cutter rampage aboard a tour bus on Interstate 95 before he was fatally shot
Fellow cops consider the regular visits inappropriate until the State Attorney’s Office announces the results of its review into the deadly July 9 shooting
Officer told superiors he became concerned for his safety as soon as he saw the odd way the man was lying on the ground in a park
Advocacy groups have appealed ruling that denied access to police records of license plate scans in LA, saying they are crucial to understanding the scope of government surveillance
Man suspected of firing “several rounds” from a rifle through the front door when deputies arrived at his home Thursday for a wellness check
State trooper wounded in an ambush has been released from a hospital after almost a month of treatment
FBI Director James Comey warned in stark terms Thursday against the push by technology companies to encrypt smartphone data and operating systems
Two sheriff’s deputies have been shot and a suspect is being sought after a gunfire exchange Thursday morning
One witness — who recently talked to the grand jury — has given an account with key differences from previous public statements from other witnesses
An investigation is underway after a handcuffed, home-invasion robbery suspect broke away from Orlando police and jumped off a third-floor balcony
Avorham Gross, formerly known as Latin Kings member Roberto Eddy Santos, faces dozens of charges
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