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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.

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Funding sources are available to assist local police – an important component of effective cybercrime investigation – in the battle against cybercriminals
Mutual eye contact generally leads to obtaining the truth in a non-confrontational and expeditious manner
Firefighter punched officer in the face during the struggle, resulting in several broken facial bones
On a tape, the officer says Obama has “decimated” the Constitution and “if he doesn’t follow the Constitution, we don’t have to”
Two Tulsa police officers who are married have been arrested in the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man who was walking with their daughter
Official labeled the medical examiner’s report that Eric Garner’s death was a homicide as a “political document”
City Councilman Brandon Scott, the vice chair of the council’s public safety committee, called the incident “unacceptable”
Investigators don’t know if the girl, Jenise Wright, wandered off or was the victim of an accident, abduction or homicide
Beavercreek police say the man was shot at around 8 p.m. after waving a rifle-type weapon around inside the store
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The dog, J.J., bit a boy at Officer Brett Kohlman’s home June 21
Man says he merely scratched his stomach and didn’t pull a gun when a grocery store clerk handed him cash
Woman pointed a replica gun at three deputies who had been dispatched to persuade her to leave her perch atop a large rock pile
Trapped in his car after it was rammed by a pickup, the deputy shot and killed the driver as he approached
Medical researcher was arrested last month after police say he pointed a loaded rifle toward a woman and her daughter inside Phoenix’s main airport
Violent rap lyrics written by a man accused of shooting a fellow drug dealer in 2005 should not have been admitted as evidence at his trial, court has ruled
When a man’s female roommate ate three Chips Ahoy cookies, it apparently sent him into a frenzy, which almost resulted in her death
Other officers at the scene fired at the suspect vehicle as it smashed into several parked police motorcycles
Mistaken killing of a man has sparked new debate over how much authority the department’s independent inspector general should have in investigations
Man was shot and killed after he fired at St. Paul police officers who pulled him over on suspicion of carjacking Sunday
Police have asked the city attorney’s office and county prosecutors to explore whether they can legally prohibit civilians from flying drones with cameras over department-owned parking lots
During the search for the gun, an LAPD officer was severely hurt when he was bitten by a police K-9 and had to undergo surgery
22-year-old Ramsey Orta was arrested Saturday night on Staten Island
Chief announced Friday that the panel found Detective Brett Olsen “acted within policy” when he shot the dog during a search for a missing 3-year-old
Police say the woman sat in the driver’s seat and told the two plainclothes officers that she intended to drive the vehicle to where she was parked
Police say the boys were found with drug paraphernalia and more than 2 pounds of the unspecified drug used to make the brownies
After the detective tested positive for cocaine, he insisted that the drug had been unwittingly absorbed into his blood through an erection-enhancing cream
Vietnam vet Phillip McMullen went out of town to stay with some friends. While he was gone, he said the unspeakable happened
The finding increases the likelihood that the case will be presented to a grand jury to determine whether officers involved in the confrontation will face criminal charges
Officer John Lomonico responded to an alarm going off at a residence when the struggle with an armed suspect began
Deputy Joshua LaFave suffered a gunshot wound to his chest, back and shoulder from Andrew Michaelis
San Jose police say what is believed to be the Bay Area’s first police drone will only be used for bomb cases
The gun locking mechanism broke and the gun fell off