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.
Jim and Doug discuss the third pillar of Obama’s 21st Century Policing task force report
Releasing a photo to the media might trigger surrender, it could backfire and turn into a hostile scenario, or it could inspire a citizen to call in the location of the suspect
Learn how to reduce recidivism and jail expenditures despite limited funds and personnel
Officers were called to investigate reports by a woman that her brother was having a mental breakdown
Former Indiana and NFL wide receiver James Hardy III resisted, causing minor injuries to three police officers
A man suspected of shooting an Ohio veterans hospital housekeeping employee in the ankle was scheduled for a federal court hearing on Tuesday
The second shooting in two days at a Georgia college Monday left a student with a life-threatening gunshot wound to the head
Officers in Riverside were unaware that Dorner had just opened fire on 2 LAPD officers in a neighboring city just minutes before they themselves were ambushed
Cornealious “Mike” Anderson spent 13 years free from prison due to a clerical error, then nearly a year behind bars when the mistake was caught
An off-duty officer was killed after being shot multiple times outside a tattoo parlor Sunday
Squad was forced to cancel a tournament championship game after someone made off with its jerseys, gloves and bats
A gunman who shot and killed three people and injured four more in northeast Arkansas was an acquaintance or friend of the victims
When authorities responded, they say they found guns, bombs and other materials; a journal outlined his plans
A K-9 officer has been placed on administrative leave after a video capturing him striking his K-9 and lifting him by the leash was posted to YouTube
The department will live-tweet everything from arrests to suspect photos as they conduct a sting
Drugs didn’t enter inmate’s system because the vein they were injected into collapsed, which wasn’t noticed for 21 minutes
The new online and mobile app called LEEDIR can be activated after a major emergency to allow people to send pictures and videos from their smartphones to investigators
Students broke into their high school overnight — urinating in hallways, greasing doorknobs with petroleum jelly and taping hot dogs to lockers
Deputy Tyler Brockman shot 19-year-old Samantha Ramsey on April 26 as she drove away from the officer
Sgt. Lisa Costa claims she was passed over for promotions, denied time off and overtime pay, and dealt with lewd comments from male officers
A mother out with her two children became the victim of would-be purse snatchers, but an armed good Samaritan came to the rescue
NYPD undercover detectives made the single largest illegal gun buy in New York City history with the breakup of a Georgia-to-Brooklyn trafficking ring
More than 30 states have laws expanding the self-defense principle known as the “castle doctrine,” a centuries-old premise that a person has the right to defend their home against attack
There are more than 300 violent crews of dozens of 12- to 20-year-olds in New York
Police investigating a homicide shot and killed a man in front of reporters after he drove his car through a barricade
A few officers can be heard on video saying they had been struck by beer bottles
A recent spate of shootings is mostly gang-related and part of a guns-for-drugs trade that continues to bring violence to the city
Former officer has filed a $25,150 claim against the city, claiming that the police removed his personal firearms from his locker and had them destroyed
Prison officials halted an inmate’s execution after a new drug combination left the man writhing and clenching his teeth on the gurney
Joseph Marigliano was fired over a December 2012 incident in which his cruiser was stolen by a suspect
Chief Crystal Moore became the town’s first female officer with a sterling 23-year record on the force — until she was ordered into the mayor’s office and fired
In their hunt for an 11th straight year of crime reduction, Dallas police say they’re going to need more bait
High school student who was kicked out of school Friday refused to leave, then punched a school resource officer in the face
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