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 stop and frisk tool for law enforcement has been particularly useful in addressing violent crime problems of a recurring nature and protecting officer safety
Jim and Doug discuss why police officers need to be extra vigilant toward signs that a child is being abused
Here are the valuable lessons I learned from my first homicide investigation
Rural fire chiefs have thrown their support behind two West Chester firefighters accused in an assault on Chester County deputies
Intelligence unit didn’t discriminate against Muslims with far-reaching surveillance aimed at identifying “budding terrorist conspiracies” at mosques
There’s a danger in the Internet and social media. The notion that information is enough, that more and more information is enough, that you don’t have to think, you just have to get more information - gets very dangerous
In Police1 “First Person” essays, Police1 Members candidly share their own unique personal insights on issues confronting cops today, as well as opinions, observations, and advice on living life behind the thin blue line
In November 2012, spokeswoman had a confrontation with another officer in the News Affairs office, lawsuit states
Police can lie when interrogating suspects, but when the lies become “patently coercive,” any confession cannot be used as evidence
Officials call the National Roadside Survey of Alcohol and Drugged Driving a vital tool for monitoring safety of roadways
Use of deadly force will now be tied to officer’s actions in the moments leading up to the incident
Police went to the home to serve teen’s father with a probation violation warrant
The fight matched people who have known each other for years and responded to emergencies together
Officers opened fire when a suspect pointed a gun at them from the back seat of the vehicle
A former jail officer who admitted to a behind-bars affair with a man convicted of killing two NYC police officers has been sentenced to one year in prison
The honorees each received the 2013 Humane Law Enforcement Award for their effort in taking down the second largest dog fighting organization in the country
Police to conduct a criminal investigation of understaffing and falsified documents at a private prison operated by Corrections Corporation of America
While each department may conduct the background investigation a bit differently, there are many commonalities that apply to all criminal justice agencies
Police allege the firefighters yelled obscenities at officers and pushed them in a dispute over traffic control at the crash scene
A local television news photographer whose use of a drone at a fatal car accident came under question has filed a civil rights lawsuit against police
Alberto Rodriguez, 27, was caught fleeing out the back door of his house
Commission may change the way it judges shootings, tying an officer’s decision to pull the trigger to his actions in the moments leading up to the incident
A supervisor accidentally fired his gun, hitting a water pipe and causing it to leak for two hours
Detectives reviewing surveillance video report that two people got into a fight in the store, which ended in a shooting
Robbery of an off-duty sheriff’s sergeant ended with the sergeant shooting and killing one of the three robbers
Investigations of Liberty Reserve and the hidden website Silk Road, a vast black-market bazaar for narcotics, demonstrate how virtual currency is attracting a legion of flesh-and-blood criminals
Bill would require officers to prove to a judge that there are no less invasive methods possible for obtaining permission for a “no knock” entry
A shotgun-wielding suspect wanted for burglary attacked a family, hijacked a vehicle, rammed a patrol car, and bit an officer before he was arrested
BART Police Chief Kenton Rainey said the officer had exercised restraint and faced a potential threat
Alberto Rodriguez posted the video to his Facebook with the caption, ‘Catch me if you can’
Supporters say dog would still be alive if it had been properly kenneled
