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.
The new technique is not limited to a crime laboratory setting, but can be utilized at the crime scene
Burner phone users can no longer hide critical evidence from investigators
Struggling to store and manage all that video evidence? Here’s how to do it right.
Pittsburgh police are reviewing an incident in which they say an officer accidentally fired a gun while chasing a suspect
Suspect got away when he ran in and out of his own house and officers briefly detained another man inside who had been sleeping
Man carefully balanced a rifle on the roof of his car and fired two shots, striking the officer in the head before he got out of his patrol car
Richard Martinez, whose son, Christopher Michaels-Martinez, 20, died in the attacks, urged students to fight for tougher gun laws
Retired Officer Derrick Bishop, working as a security guard, shot and killed a gunman who was trying to rob him and steal his car
Most frequent violation is breaking the no-wake zone that extends 200 feet from the shoreline or docks on most of the lakes
Police Chief David Brown traced the still-brewing dispute to his sensitivity to litigation over racial issues
Sonja Gardner told officers she decided to drown her daughters in the bathtub after they asked her for snacks
One message read “silver or lead” in Spanish, a threat heard in Mexico signifying pay up or get shot
Evening shootings arose from fights between groups of people
Those recordings in which he threatened to murder were what prompted his parents to call authorities
In YouTube videos and a long written manifesto, Elliot Rodger aired his contempt for everyone from his roommates to the whole human race
Aazis Richardson was charged with murder Friday night, hours after police said he shot 47-year-old Vincent Darbenzio
The bizarre incident occurred on May 13
Judge has dismissed claims that city police used excessive force and performed unreasonable searches when dismantling an Occupy Philadelphia encampment in 2011
Cell phone video captured a naked man as he assaulted a woman in the middle of a busy intersection
The knife-wielding man was attacking a woman when the good Samaritan stepped in to help late Thursday and was stabbed
Department believes officers acted “professionally and within policy” in arresting a man whose lawyer is claiming excessive force
Sheriff’s officials said they followed specific protocols as the incident slowly escalated into the night and early morning hours
Authorities blame many of the carjackings, ironically, on improvements in vehicle security
New Justice Department directive that reverses long-standing policy
Police and paramedics were trying to help victim when demonstrators threw bottles, bricks, rocks, and other heavy objects at them
About 3,000 inmates will receive decks of playing cards featuring information from 52 cold cases that authorities are hoping to get a lead on
Her mother’s ex-boyfriend drugged and kidnapped her in 2004, forced her to marry him and fathered her child
Authorities say a man stole a New York City bakery truck and began delivering loaves of bread to random businesses
The officer was placed on administrative leave following the release of the video
Man accused of fooling police and prosecutors into thinking he was his brother to avoid a fifth drunken driving arrest
Cell phone video capturing a deadly encounter between Salinas officers and a suspect wielding a pair of shears has gone viral
Report describes suspect’s condition as “excited delirium”