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 Apex project began with requests from federal law enforcement officers for a discreet use garment for seamless uniform or “low vis” assignment
The retired LEO was attempting to break up a fight
Whether via automated software tools or investigators digging into the internet manually, social media has become an invaluable investigative resource
A Texas man who was the subject of a police sketch that was widely mocked across the Internet has been arrested
A man convicted in 4 murders two decades ago is at large after he escaped from a Mich. prison and abducted a woman
Police suspect foul play in his disappearance
Sheriff’s office officials requested the fire department fire Dan Goldberg, the firefighter who filed the complaint
Prisoner stole an officer’s unmarked vehicle Sunday when she was left in it and slipped out of her handcuffs
Percy Lee House III, 52, had been missing since Friday morning
Police have not determined whether the death was accidental or intentional
There have been at least 11 school shootings this academic year alone
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced Saturday it is investigating 2,600 cases handled by a Pensacola-based agency chemist
Police are searching for a man who shot two college students inside their apartment near Michigan State University
Officer was forced to drag suspect after she refused to cooperate during transport
Police believe a former Salt Lake City police officer was murdered in his home
SC company sent the email Tuesday to school officials, saying the window coverings can stop bullets and keep out intruders
Councilman is proposing the city create a database where citizens who have surveillance systems can help police
Woman was arrested after older granddaughter secretly took cellphone video of the alleged abuse
The gunman lied so convincingly to VA doctors that they concluded he had no mental health issues despite serious problems and encounters with police
Authorities decided to act now in the hope of disrupting any parties that might have been in the works for the upcoming Super Bowl weekend
Charlie Shrem and Robert Faiella were arrested and charged with conspiring to commit money laundering by selling more than $1 million in Bitcoins on the black market
Bitcoin is a decentralized peer-to-peer payment network with no central authority or middlemen, making it perfect for criminal activity
Bitcoin is the first open-source and decentralized peer-to-peer payment network that is powered by its users with no central authority or middlemen
As John Reid told me, “A good interrogator is a good actor” — you have to convince the suspect that you’re on his side
“We believe these steps will make everyone safer,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said
AB1327 would require law enforcement agencies to obtain warrants except in certain emergencies
I came up with five categories of general behavior — it is not a total list of all behaviors, but rather, a list of general behavior — to look for during an interview or interrogation
The last federal execution was in 2003
Investigations increasingly involve evidence left in the cyber world, and the joint project with DigitalStakeout takes another step in that direction
Police say an off-duty police officer has shot and killed his son as the son fatally stabbed his mother at their Md. home
Officers found multiple bags of heroin in her purse, and she continued saying that she “only wanted one” of the bags
A pastor at a ministry for homeless people has been accused of luring a man to a Denver motel by offering sex and then claiming to be a U.S. marshal