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.
While it can be very difficult to maintain communication with a victim, do your best and always follow up when promised
Jim and Doug discuss what officers need to keep in mind with regard to handling fentanyl
Before an officer approaches a residence, he or she can know the names, ages, backgrounds and proclivities of everyone in the household
April 4 pursuit reached speeds of up to 115 miles per hour
The state highway patrol is investigating how a life jacket came off a handcuffed Iowa man after he went overboard
Interim Chief Harry Bailey has reversed a finding that an officer used excessive force when he stepped on the head of a handcuffed man in 2010
The advocates’ actions in restaurants and other public places have prompted public criticism
The cadet and the trooper were at the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office shooting range when the incident occured
Girls stabbed their 12-year-old friend nearly to death in the woods to please a mythological creature they learned about online
A San Francisco social media maven and former political consultant who was wanted on suspicion of possessing explosives has been taken into custody after a three-day manhunt
Online reports say Trooper Michael Trotta was listed in stable condition Monday morning
When and how to interview an officer and conduct a walk-through of the incident are sources of controversy among OIS investigators
Woman who approached an officer from behind and used a knife to cut his throat has been acquitted by a jury of an attempted murder charge
Disorderly conduct charge was dropped and the assault charge was reduced to a misdemeanor under terms of a plea agreement for the 2010 incident
Habersham County District Attorney Brian Rickman said his office is investigating to determine whether any officers will face criminal charges
Officer was shot during a response to a domestic violence call in a home early Monday
67 inmates in the Kentucky State Reformatory’s nursing care facility costs state taxpayers more than $4.4 million a year
Teacher was fatally shot at her second job at an office in what police say was an exchange of gunfire between two groups of alleged gang members
In humor there is truth, so with the help of some of my friends and Police1 colleagues, I’ve compiled a list of ways to truly screw up a crime scene
Almond Upton admitted to police that he deliberately swerved his pickup truck from the left passing lane to the right shoulder to hit Trooper Christopher Skinner
Attorney Andrew Branca specializes in self-defense law, and has advice for cops responding to a potential self-defense shooting
Khairullozhon Matanov, 23, of Quincy, was arrested for destroying, altering and falsifying records in a federal investigation
They didn’t know about his final video detailing his “Day of Retribution” until after the deadly rampage, officials said
A school resource officer mistakenly left his loaded pistol in a locked staff restroom at a school
An 89-year-old storeowner used a golf club to fight-off a robbery suspect who was armed with a sword Sunday morning
Tiniko Thompson turned herself in to police Wednesday night and was charged with second-degree murder
Two Stockton police officers were seriously injured in a traffic collision while responding to assist in the arrest of a shooting suspect
Forced by court order to allow long-banned gun stores to open in Chicago, mayor has introduced law that is so strict critics say it is little more than a continuation of the city’s longtime ban
Shootings has tragically exposed the limitations of involuntary-commitment laws that allow authorities to temporarily confine people
Executions on hold for 2 1/2 months after federal judge allowed more time for arguments over the state’s new lethal injection procedures
Suspect plans to file a lawsuit against the department
Suspect scaled a 3-story condo in an attempt to break in
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