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.
Police now have the ability to choose what to redact from video in compliance with their state laws and agency policy – and do it instantly
In the aftermath of a mass-casualty attack, one of the fundamental things police leaders need to not lose sight of is the importance of relationships with the public and the press
Leveraging massive economies of scale for back-end storage and software updating, new in-car video hardware is far more affordable than police agencies are presently accustomed to
Burglars have been spotted with a small device that disables alarms and unlocks
The unit uses ultraviolet light instead of powder to detect fingerprints and other evidence
The convict is believed to be one of 130 people who broke out of the prison in Piedras Negras
The officer argued that his firing was due to his flawed past and not because an alleged argument laced with racial slurs
A suspect appeared as they were entering the station and began firing — the officers suffered minor injuries
Nearly a month has passed since Officer Jason Ellis was ambushed and killed on his way home after work
Thomas Coffee, 23, posed as someone selling a vehicle, then shot the potential buyer in the face
Police Chief Charlie Beck ordered an internal review of Dorner’s 2009 firing to address claims Dorner made about the department
James Terry Watson, 43, was stabbed 4 times after 3 suspects pulled him out of a taxi
The nude acrobat assaulted several commuters before police arrived on the scene
Spartacus, 3, died of heat stroke; his handler said in a statement that he is devastated
The 24-year-old got into multiple tense confrontations with police about the shotgun he carried with him
The officers arrested a man after he snapped a picture of their squad and confiscated his camera phone
I am very confident of our result here after two-days-plus of diligent effort” said the head of the Detroit FBI
Federal agents revived the hunt for the remains of Jimmy Hoffa, executing a search warrant, “based on information that we have involving the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa”
For law enforcement, social networking is proving to be a useful investigative tool, especially in catching criminals who think nobody is watching
In 2010, Florida had the third-highest number of arrests of blacks for marijuana possession in the nation: 26,711, behind New York and Illinois
Federal authorities raided 14 franchise stores while ICE agents were executing search warrants at about 30 other stores across the country
Officials from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will begin work when the CF Industries facility is deemed safe
“Our investigation eventually revealed that this incident never occurred,” said Normal Police Chief Rick Bleichner
Karly Bradley mistakenly thought the cell phone number for Lt. Chris Golden, a Bartlett police officer, was “an old dope boy named G.”
Prosecutors in San Francisco and New York call for the formation of a nationwide coalition of police, prosecutors, and other officials
If a proposed bill passes the City Council, customers caught buying counterfeits also could be punished with a fine of up to $1,000, or up to a year in prison.
When officers attempted to take 26-year-old Zachary Premo into custody, he reached for the area where his gun was located and was fatally shot
Seven years before he went on Friday’s rampage, John Zawahri kept bomb-making materials at his house and threatened students, teachers and campus police officers
The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision to allow police to continue collecting DNA samples when arresting violent offenders supports use of a powerful investigative tool
The Supreme Court has ruled that American cops can collect DNA upon arrest, but can backlogged crime labs handle it?
When the officers attempted to take the man into custody he reached for the area where the gun was located
Bulger’s attorney acknowledges that he was involved in illegal gambling and drugs but says Bulger paid law enforcement to protect him from prosecution