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.
Jim and Doug discuss the fact that officers must be able to report in detail (in a narrative form, not just check boxes) what led them to stop and frisk an individual
Gang injunctions restrain the movement of named gang members in certain areas, typically called safety zones
Stand up for missing children, their families and stand with NCMEC by wearing a single sock on National Missing Children’s Day
A man charged with killing six members of his ex-wife’s family, including four children, was the subject of a restraining order obtained by his own mother less than a week before
Man critically injured Tuesday beat his grandmother with his fists and feet and threatened her life just two hours before he was shot
Fare-dodger was shot to death by an officer after pulling a gun and pointing it at the cop’s head during the July 1 incident
A Virginia teenager is fighting efforts by police who want to take photos of him in a sexually aroused state to try to prove a sexting case against him
Police are concerned that the increasing popularity of drones in New York City could carry significant risks, even becoming a potential tool for terrorists to conduct surveillance
West Springfield Police Department received the two M79 grenade launchers in the late 90’s through a Department of Defense excess property program
One police officer is dead and another is wounded after a domestic dispute escalated early Wednesday
CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow vowed to complete a comprehensive investigation in weeks instead of the usual months
Police chief shot a suspect armed with a knife in a confrontation Tuesday
The federal government can’t be blamed for any fallout from a 2011 FBI report that put a gang tag on fans of the music group
A Texas hospital and its emergency room physicians have reached a $1.1M settlement with a New Mexico woman who sued them and U.S. customs officials
Police have arrested two people for operating a drone that came within 800 feet of a police helicopter
Anthony McGuire, 39, of Salem was arrested Saturday after the motorcyclist and two employees from the car lot sensed something was off
Officer Jonathan Key, whose body armor protected him from more serious injuries, has gone home
Officer shot and killed a 13-year-old boy carrying a pellet gun he mistook for an assault rifle
A woman died and two Pennsylvania State Police troopers were injured in the early-morning crash Saturday
Woman had been walking on Interstate 10 near Los Angeles, endangering herself and people in traffic, and the officer was trying to restrain her
The fatal shooting of a decorated police officer and a gun battle that wounded seven have underscored what so far has been a violent year in Indianapolis
Authorities say shooting may be linked to another that had occurred in the area several hours earlier
Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie said Cliven Bundy crossed the line when he allowed states’ rights supporters onto his property to aim guns at police
A man opened fire on an arena floor at a Caribbean music festival, wounding at least four people, and two women were injured as the crowd rushed to flee
A good Samaritan who came to the aid of a woman being assaulted by twin brothers was brutally beaten by the suspects before being run over by a driver
A shooting in a bar-hopping Indianapolis neighborhood that injured seven people may have been set off by two people bumping into each other in the street
Man shot and wounded two suburban Denver police officers Saturday night when they went to his residence to check on his welfare
47-year-old Patrolman Jeffrey Westerfield was found early Sunday after a citizen called police and reported an officer bleeding in his car
Danny Wire, 59, entered guilty pleas to three felony counts of making bomb threats
Justin Ross Harris faces murder and child cruelty charges in the June 18 death of his 22-month-old son Cooper, who police say was left in a vehicle for about seven hours
State officials plan to redeploy 50 state troopers and public safety officers to help with law enforcement there
When Chris Burns, 27, of Salina, started walking around downtown Salina on Monday afternoon in his new stormtrooper armor, someone called police to report the alleged gun-wielding man
An Arizona State University officer involved in the arrest of an ASU professor in a video that went viral has been placed on leave