Trending Topics

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 relentless nature of cyberbullying makes it one of the most oppressive and aggressive forms of bullying today
The JusticeXchange database follows millions of records and the progress of other cases in more than 30 states
This skill can save critical time, prevent undue risk to the population or document crucial evidence
Investigators say the chief’s outdoor survival skills makes this manhunt dangerous and complicated
Police say the entire tragedy could have happened within 30 seconds and was unpreventable
The woman’s nephew said she grabbed her gun when she was denied her car keys, causing him to call 911, and opened fire on police before they returned fire
Tools to track evidence on digital devices help preserve evidence
Driver of the SUV was a friend of the man being pursued
Within the span of a few critical minutes, a convergence of skill, tourniquets and the victims’ own fortitude saved the life of a University of Minnesota student
Security officials escorted some people from an Albuquerque City Council meeting amid new rules
Police say they used social media to track a suspected kidnapper from the San Francisco Bay Area to a hotel-casino in northern Nevada
Driver is the father of a person of interest in the shooting that took place May 7
Teen uploaded a video to YouTube titled “Me Driving Like an Idiot” capturing the reckless driving and hit-and-run
Trooper who had sex with victim hours after helping to arrest her husband should not have been fired for the offense, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled
Pakistan released an FBI agent on nearly $10,000 bail Thursday after three days in custody
A 93-year-old Central Texas woman was fatally shot at her home by a police officer when after she allegedly brandished a gun
A man arrested in August for videotaping the police SWAT team has received an $8,000 settlement from the city’s insurance company
Police recorded 14,261 stops from Jan. 1 to March 31, compared with 99,788 in the same period of 2013
A report of gunfire and screams from a home on Deer Run Trail Monday that prompted a heavy police response turned out to be bogus
Man barricaded himself inside an Albuquerque home, reportedly threatening his wife and their two children with a gun
RapidHIT generates quality DNA profiles from reference samples such as buccal swabs in approximately 90 minutes
DEA on Wednesday broadened its national crackdown on synthetic drug manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers
Struggle between an intoxicated suspect and an officer is under review by the Springfield Police Department
Police spokesman Sgt. Pete Simpson said officers use handcuffs as a safeguard, and they acted according to bureau policy
State law prohibits vanity plates that “a reasonable person would find offensive to good taste”
Police and fire officials are grappling with how to respond, as the questionable legality of the process has made it difficult to punish amateur chemists
The off-duty deputy activated the blue emergency lights of her patrol car and initiated a traffic stop
Police in Maryland say they decided against live-tweeting a prostitution sting because of security concerns
An off-duty officer was shot three times in his home during a domestic dispute Monday
Instead of fleeing, the robbers stuck around and pumped gas, offering a discount to those who paid cash