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.
Many aspects of Kate Warne’s life are up for debate but we do know that she helped save the life of a president and helped build the reputation of a private detective agency
The Supreme Court recognized that although police would need probable cause to make an arrest, a different standard existed for an officer to make an investigative stop short of an arrest
Increasingly, police agencies are looking to software solutions that employ enhanced pattern analysis not only to help recognize crime patterns, but solve crimes
One partnership in Virginia has led to better awareness of gang activities, solved multiple cases, and ultimately contributed to the reduction of gang activity in the region
“He who has not a good memory should never take upon himself the trade of lying.”
— Michel de Montaigne 1533-1592
— Michel de Montaigne 1533-1592
A State Police spokesman said the department has declined a request to probe the incident in which the man fired and officers returned fire, killing him
The agencies are entitled to the money because they helped a federal investigation into Google’s distribution of ads for illegal prescription drug sales
Police were rescuing two people who jumped off a boat when the crash occurred; no one was hurt
Authorities say a 21-year-old man shot and wounded his ex-girlfriend and fatally shot another man
The sheriff believes the attack may have been gang related
Police found Judge Roger Barto lying at the court room’s entrance and took him to the hospital
Kim Nguyen, 28, was arrested for public intoxication and somehow fell out of the cruiser into the road
Daniel R. Ricketts nearly decapitated himself when he drove through the trap on his ATV
Police say because the gun was in a holster to accommodate an attached flashlight, the trigger was more accessible
The investigation appears to center around Sgt. Steven Zamiar, a 13-year veteran, though it isn’t clear why
For at least 6 years, federal drug agents have had near-immediate access to billions of phone records dating back decades
A U.K. Ministry of Defence spokesman said those found guilty of assault will face disciplinary action
Adel Daoud was charged in an indictment with 1 count each of solicitation of murder or attempted murder of a federal agent, murder-for-hire, and obstruction of justice
MorphoBIS allows a latent print examiner to photograph or scan a finger or palm print card taken from a crime scene
The police chief says officers showed “tremendous restraint” while subduing a teenage boy and his sister
The testing of the technology is still in “early stages” and isn’t expected to be ready for several years
This allows police to use informants to record sermons and spy on imams, often without specific evidence
Minn. police followed a blood trail to a freezer, where they found a man who was beaten to death by his girlfriend
The second suspect, also a 16-year-old boy, was arrested in a basement apartment in Spokane early Monday
Hubert Allen Jr., 72, drove to several locations shooting employees before he drove home and killed himself
An 8-year-old boy intentionally shot and killed a 90-year-old woman who was his caregiver after playing ‘Grand Theft Auto IV’
Police have determined the boy found the gun in a closet in the home and put it in his backpack
One of two teens suspected of fatally beating an 88-year-old veteran of World War II is in custody
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