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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Officers who work motor patrol have to document traffic collisions far more frequently than officers working directed patrol or other police duties, but at any time you may be called to this task
Save yourself (and your agency) a lawsuit you won’t win
Curtis Reeves, 71, is charged with second-degree murder in the killing of 43-year-old Chad Oulson
Federal judge has thrown out charges against a former NO policeman who faced a retrial next month on charges he helped cover up a deadly police shooting
A year ago, the city’s bloodiest January in more than a decade had just ended
Search crews say the body they believe to be that of Captain Kevin Quick was found in an area of Goochland County
On-demand photo and video and wireless facial recognition software are just some of the features that attract law enforcement
Deputy was shot after entering a home with other officers looking for guns and marijuana
Family and friends of a retired police captain accused of fatally shooting a man at a movie theater told a judge that the former officer is an honorable man
The novelty bass had been hung near the door and would start singing “Take Me to the River” whenever someone entered the shop
Neither side admitted fault but issued a statement expressing “utmost respect for each other and our respective missions”
8 Los Angeles officers who mistakenly shot at a pickup truck during a manhunt for cop-turned-killer Christopher Dorner will be allowed to return to the field
The compromised cases could possibly affect 80 law enforcement agencies in 35 counties
The officer asked the firefighter to move the fire truck and he refused
The NYPD’s intensive effort to determine the source of the drugs in an apparent accidental overdose is unusual as dealers cannot be held liable for a customer’s death
Police say making arrest warrants more public would also help them in a number of cases
Police searching for missing officer say they have arrested three siblings in connection with the case
A woman who escaped from a Michigan prison nearly 37 years ago has been found living under an alias in San Diego
Police were forced to open fire when the suspect began driving toward them in his stolen vehicle
The account marks the most complete publicly available summary by prosecutors of the Dec. 14, 2010, firefight
The Police Commission’s decision announced Tuesday leaves the question of disciplinary measures to Police Chief Charlie Beck
The officers could have put themselves in danger by aiding a fellow officer while the suspect was still armed
A former Calif. educator was jailed on felony charges after a former female student accused her of sexual abuse in a YouTube video
Travis Anthony Crouch, 46, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head
Police were looking for three suspects - two men and a woman - suspected to be involved in the shooting
In many cases, only 10 percent of all the money raised goes to help officers and firefighters hurt in the line of duty
Officer was examining a friend’s gun when the gun went off
LA County Superior Court Judge David Cunningham III filed a complaint and later a legal claim for $10 million, alleging that officers used unreasonable force
A nationwide push by prosecutors and police to re-examine possible wrongful convictions contributed to a record number of exonerations in 2013
