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.
What does President Trump’s firing of FBI Director Comey mean for the future of that agency?
Jim and Doug discuss the prevalence of these types of incidents, as well as some ideas about how to deal with them from a criminal prosecution perspective
License plate reader data can reveal patterns that provide actionable intelligence for investigators
A former British Columbia RCMP officer has co-invented a marijuana breathalyzer he hopes will eventually be used to catch intoxicated motorists
Tavish Smith wiggled out of her handcuffs, reached into the front seat and stole the sandwich bag the trooper found in her car
The drunken, inappropriate remarks and catcalls coming from the loudspeaker of a marked Broward sheriff’s patrol car had bystanders scratching their heads
Residents were evacuated from about two dozen apartments Sunday
David Risner has been charged with capital murder of a police officer. He has been accused of killing Little River-Academy Police Chief Lee Dixon Thursday
Man died Feb. 15 after the altercation with three Moore police officers and off-duty Oklahoma game wardens
The bank manager followed the suspect two blocks to give cops a description of the robber and his getaway vehicle
Steven Justin Ayers was killed instantly during a family gathering he and his wife, Jessica, were having at their home to celebrate the birth of their 3-day-old son
No arrests have been made in the Thursday night shooting, 3 were wounded
Prosecutors also charged officer with stealing department ammunition and illegally delivering testosterone
November 2012 pursuit ended with officers firing 137 rounds and killing two unarmed people
Gunman with a rifle shot and wounded three people at the end of a rap concert at the popular Red Rocks outdoor amphitheater
A man who is on death row for killing 10 women in the Los Angeles area was convicted Thursday of four more murders
State auditors found 39 cases where female state prison inmates may not have understood they were submitting to medical procedures that would leave them sterile
Raped as an 8-year-old by her then-stepfather, a woman kept the secret from her family for nearly a decade until she drafted a college application essay
Cases are being reviewed after an internal investigation alleged a technician in crime lab lied, followed improper procedure or tampered with official records
64-year-old Joseph Rosales got in the accident June 10 after his dog jumped into his lap and he lost control of his vehicle
The pursuit also went through an active construction site before the suspect was apprehended at a mall
Los Angeles police officials are investigating allegations that a veteran detective made racially charged comments about shooting black men and disparaged several superiors
Analysis of litigation between 2009 and 2012 found that 148 settlements between NJ officers against their departments cost taxpayers $29M
South Carolina’s longest-serving sheriff has been indicted on bribery charges
Suspect was found not guilty by a judge June 11
The arrest and indictments were the culmination of a three-year investigation
Pittsburgh has become the arsenal of cybersecurity because it is home to CMU’s Software Engineering Institute with its 260-person CERT cyberteam
Suspect was arrested after attacking an off-duty officer and staff at a medical center, where he was taken after exhibiting bizarre behavior
People who hijack their neighbors’ WiFi to commit crimes on the Internet shouldn’t expect their misdeeds to stay hidden
A Chesapeake police officer was inside a squad car last Thursday when he shot an unarmed man standing in front of him in Portsmouth
A firefighter and a battalion chief are accused of warning drug dealers about raids
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