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.
From being found in uniform without your duty weapon to having a prisoner escape, cops face many red-faced moments on a daily basis
Like many other stimulant drugs, users of flakka often become addicted
The captain, his wife, children, and mother made it out safely, but the home is severely damaged
Police are searching for 3 men dressed in tactical gear who have robbed a Fla. home of weapons and cash
He allegedly implicated himself in a triple slaying in connection with Tamerlan Tsarnaev; he lunged at a cop with a knife during questioning
“There is some second guessing by people who think we should have stayed outside the house, but our job is to get inside and make sure we can protect as many people as we can”
The FBI said the agent acted on an imminent threat and opened fire when the suspect turned violent
The suspect hit the officer as police approached his vehicle, forcing the officer’s partner to fire at the driver
At its root, predictive policing is a mega-extension of the intuition that all good cops develop over time
The best models result when every member of the agency is involved in the analytical design
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Women were among nine people sentenced this week for their roles in the federal government’s long-running investigations into terrorism recruiting and financing for al-Shabab
The burista recognized the wanted internet sensation and called police; who arrested him for the beating death of a lawyer
Police said a press conference was scheduled for Saturday morning, when more details may be released about the shooting
One of the three thieves was shot in the shoulder and leg, falling in front of the house as the other two took off
“An example of how not to police a city, is now a national model”
Officers were involved in the shooting, though it is unclear how many shots were fired and who shot the intruder and student
A second suspected gunman was arrested Thursday morning, the brother of the other gunman, and 4 more were arrested for obstruction
Once lauded as a hero for thwarting an attack, the internet celebrity is believed to have killed a 73-year-old attorney
Firefighters found the man hanging off their trucks ladder performing lewd acts
Good solid gang testimony at the end of a case can be the “final flurry” needed to get a conviction.
It takes a tremendous amount of evidence and proof before medical review boards will even think of suspending a doctor’s license, let alone revoke it
Once you’ve established the definition of a lie and the psychological set, ask the subject a question such as ‘Have you ever lied to your children to make them behave?’
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev wrote that the bombings were collateral damage for the wars on Muslim land
Officials in Cuyahoga County have launched a website about unresolved cases and hired three people to focus on them
One man was arrested as a ‘person of interest’ for the 5 deaths that occurred in 3 separate incidents, but police aren’t saying much
Critics want more details of the rise in shootings; while police defend the ever-changing statistics
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Akein Scott of New Orleans is being sought based on several identifiers from the surveillance footage
Two slain couples were found blocks away from each other, a fifth person was found in a ditch near an infamous brothel
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