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.
How investigators respond when a suspect says, “I’m not a bad person,” could be key to a successful interrogation
What happens if a law enforcement aircraft is in trouble?
I was a wannabe police officer when I helped the cops get the bad guys
The death penalty will be sought for Ross Preston Lane in the shooting death of Topeka police Cpl. Jason Harwood
Deputy was wearing body armor but not the right type to stop a spray of bullets from an AK-47 fired from behind an apartment door
St. Paul’s mayor has called for a review of the case, and an internal affairs investigation is underway
Arrests included 15 juveniles, ages 11-16, of the predominantly young gang that is responsible for a summer crime wave
18-year veteran officer was hit in his vest after approaching two suspects parked in a vehicle
On a widely circulated video, a crowd of teenagers is seen streaming across a lot before surrounding and kicking a store worker
The Marion County Sheriff’s Department is finding social media to be another tool they can use in the search for missing sex offenders
Accused of allowing inmates out of jail without court permission so they could visit with family or meet girlfriends in motel rooms
Man angry about his property taxes was fatally shot during a public meeting Tuesday after he pulled a gun from a briefcase and pointed it at the county assessor
Murder suspect seeking ‘suicide by cop’ led officers on a foot pursuit that ended in a standoff in the waters of Lake Erie
Bay Area johns have a new worry: finding their mug shots and charges posted on Facebook for all to see
John Crawford III was fatally shot by officers responding to a 911 call that a man was waving a rifle in a store, which turned out to be a pellet rifle he had taken off a shelf
Plans to establish a review board to help guide the police department and make other changes aimed at improving community relations
Vehicle slammed into the office and the driver fired at least four shots at the building
Boy was in line at a Fla. Wendy’s when he put his hand in his father’s pocket and accidentally fired the semi-automatic pistol
The officer was carried about 50 yards before he was thrown from the vehicle as the man fled the scene
The domestic violence suspect struggled with a deputy in a treatment room Friday and managed to get his service weapon
Topeka Police Cpl. Jason Harwood was killed Sunday during a traffic stop
In an attack that is stirring outrage across Memphis, a group of more than 20 youths assaulted at least three people in the parking lot of the Poplar Plaza Kroger Saturday night
About 12 percent of the Columbus police patrol vehicles might not have been recording for almost a week because the division’s storage server was full
Forty-two-year-old Jessica Mathiau was arrested Saturday evening and charged with child endangerment
The man who filed the complaint comes from a family of police officers and says his family is in agreement with his claim
Police said they arrested Adam Matos, 28, at a hotel in downtown Tampa on Friday morning
Police rescued a 16-year-old boy they say had been beaten, blindfolded and bound after being kidnapped for ransom because his captors believed he came from a wealthy family
Cases have been reported nationally since 2008
Officer Daryl Pierson had pursued and caught Thomas Johnson III when he was hit by a .25-caliber bullet
Questions have been raised about whether the governor should have responded faster to an increasingly chaotic and racially tense situation
Offiicers were both shot during the July 9 domestic incident in the house they shared together
A black Oakland firefighter said Wednesday that a white officer was racially motivated in detaining him and his two children during a possible burglary call
