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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.

Crowdsourcing video and other digital media for evidence in investigations has played a key role in solving cases
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A woman was playing video games with a web cam when the people she was playing with noticed she was being robbed
One student talks to 911 operators while a classmate attempts to tend to his bleeding neck and chest
County has escalated its enforcement of the defiant car-service industry, joining forces with the Miami-Dade Police Department to catch scofflaw drivers
Several people unsuccessfully tried to break up the fight, and the officer could not get the suspect off her
Using smartphones instead of plastic IDs improves security and access control
12-year-old girl narrowly survived being stabbed 19 times
The O.J. Simpson murder trial cast a harsh light on police and forensic work, and gave law enforcement a textbook example of what not to do
Glen Griggs is suspected in the murder of a female acquaintance who went missing in May; her body has not been found
In 2010, Aaron Ybarra called 911 to report “a rage inside him” and said he wanted to hurt himself and others
Killing of Endia Martin was a tragedy that could have been stopped by many people along the way
Recently released convict was charged in the stabbing death of a 6-year-old boy and critical wounding of a 7-year-old girl in an elevator
Chief stressed that command team knew it had too few cops long before city-commissioned study showed department did not investigate 20K crimes
Subject lies at the heart of the civil trial that pits beating victim Bryan Stow against the Los Angeles Dodgers and former owner Frank McCourt
Four people, including a young man who died, were taken to Harborview Medical Center
Police received a tip that led them to the New Brunswick location where they found 24-year-old Justin Bourque
Seattle police say a student disarmed a lone gunman who entered a building and opened fire
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Police in Georgia say they used a GPS device hidden inside a Teddy bear to track down the toy and apprehend a suspect
More than 100 alleged gang members were charged Wednesday for what law enforcement officials called a decades-old feud that wreaked violence and death over two Harlem public housing developments
A school security officer walked into the restroom, at which point attacker walked out and the victim ran past her
20-year-old Matthew Michael Lee McMahon activated a red and blue light Monday while driving behind an unmarked sheriff’s car
A massive manhunt for a heavily armed man in a helmet and body armor, suspected of stealing cruiser before abandoning it, ended last night
Search of a social media expert’s apartment turned up ball bearings, screws and components needed to make a homemade bomb designed to kill or maim
The National Rifle Association has rolled back an earlier statement criticizing “open carry” rallies in Texas
Judge John C. Murphy and assistant public defender Andrew Weinstock got involved in an aggravated exchange of words Monday when the confrontation got physical
The No. 1 thing Seattle police officers noticed Sunday at the East Precinct station was a fire in the alley. The next thing was No. 2
One man hit another while newly graduated kindergarten students were celebrating, triggering a melee that involved up to 20 people and resulted in a school lockdown
Michael Fujikawa sued the city, claiming his arrest was payback for refusing to put his hands on the dashboard and mouthing off to an officer
People do not like to be pushed — they like to be involved in the process, and by their involvement, we can lead them to a confession