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.
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The rise of the extremely potent drug is a troubling new reality for a country already reeling from an opioid epidemic
The end of a criminal or internal investigation of a police-involved critical incident does not foreclose future civil action against the officer or the department
An undercover officer was shot during a shootout in a New Jersey shopping center parking lot Tuesday
Four girls and a boy were shot after leaving an Easter barbecue and a 15-year-old girl was shot while riding in a vehicle
A state appeals court ruled the stop was impermissible because state law only required a car to have one functioning brake light
When Utah’s new federal courthouse opened last week, it came with security improvements that are becoming standard around the country
Judge says the U.S. Marshals Service has failed to follow previous court decisions in favor of the photos’ release
Portable device offers a forensic lab in the palm of your hand
The officer was attempting to stop students from rushing the soccer field
An elaborate, seven-year sting operation targeted a San Francisco Chinatown association thought to be a front for a notorious organized crime syndicate
While hunting for Easter eggs with her 3-year-old son in the backyard, Tara Hanouskova noticed something in a crawl space under the deck
Sgt. Ryan Anders forced his way into the back door estranged wife Officer Kim Carmack’s home
A Denver man accused of killing his wife while she was on the phone with a 911 dispatcher ate marijuana-infused candy before the attack
Random vehicle shootings on Kansas City-area highways has wounded three and frightened many more
Cody Wygant, 24, is charged with third-degree murder and child neglect. He was being held Friday without bail
Mother is facing 7 felony charges and 1 misdemeanor after police say she led them on a high-speed pursuit with her daughter in her lap
The Houston City Council unanimously approved an anti-hoarding ordinance Wednesday without a clear idea of how it will be enforced
Police officials said internal investigation will focus on the time it took officers to respond to the home, and whether dispatchers properly prioritized call
A male police officer spent much of December and January dressed as an Amish woman in hopes of scaring off a man suspected of exposing himself to children
An Oregon officer was shot and a K-9 was killed after a suspect with a rifle opened fire during a traffic stop
The number of shootings in NYC has increased during the past several weeks after months of declines
Authorities say a toddler has been reunited with his mother after employees found him playing inside a claw crane machine
Police say they’ve taken a man into custody in connection with two unattended backpacks
Two convicted sex offenders suspected in the murders of 4 women checked in with police every month and wore their GPS trackers around the clock
The federal agency is condemning threats of violence against officers in anti-police fliers that have surfaced in the city
The system, known as wide-area surveillance, is something of a time machine — the entire city is filmed and recorded in real time
Suspect had stopped working and sleeping, and had begun talking to imaginary people
Across the country, a modern-day crime more typically associated with the Old West — cattle rustling — is plaguing the livestock industry