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 guardian officer begins with the end in mind and then considers the least-aggressive strategy
The Court has said reasonableness does not require perfection, but it does require a plausible satisfaction of Fourth Amendment criteria
Active killer incidents and other large-scale mass-casualty events are sudden — you need to get ready with tactics and tools to help get you through a very, very long day
Two people planned to torture at least one officer to promote their “Sovereign Citizen” cause
Site gives inmates a chance to provide information that may implicate others involved in crimes
A high-crime Tampa neighborhood is enjoying a reduction in violent crime thanks to a camera surveillance system, and officials are expanding its use
Wash. police are counting on an automated database system to help significantly reduce and solve incidents of stolen property
The gun went off in the child’s backpack in the school cafeteria
Bystanders believe the man was not resisting before he was TASERed then cuffed and brought down the stairs
Courts that have upheld searching a cell phone incident to arrest are presently in a majority, but courts finding this type of warrantless search to be unlawful have begun to weigh in
The Supreme Court has not yet addressed this issue, and the lower courts that have are split
The officer violated policy when he escorted the NBA star to a stadium during high traffic before a concert
Police have not said what led to a breakthrough in the case, and will not disclose any more information
Police agencies are using Big Data to make connections and detect patterns so they can prevent and solve crime
A frightened driver equipped with a dash cam passed a teen as he fired as many as 15 shots at a vehicle
Jesus Manual Magdaleno Jr. died of multiple injuries after he was thrown from the bed of a pickup truck that slammed into an SUV
A man thought to be a convicted burglar shot an officer twice and stole his cruiser; suspect still at large
The men were caught in a police sting that netted 254 weapons in 45 transactions since last year
Lincoln police formed a task force with state police and the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department to investigate the burglaries
Detective Kurt Spivey has 30 days to find as many offenders as possible before hard drive data dissolves
The man is suspected of killing a woman and wounding another before being shot by police
A source close to the investigation said the search was focused on the office’s real-estate unit
Erbie Bowser, 44, has been charged with capital murder for the attacks that left 4 people dead
If you want to be a CSI, you have to deal with disturbing scenes — and get your hands very, very dirty
The Alameda County Coroner’s office has identified the body as 50-year-old Sandra Coke
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