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.
Learn how one company works with law enforcement to combat cell phone theft
The technology has obtained admissible results in cases where traditional methods have come up empty
Gather information about gang signs and symbols from as many sources as you can manage, but know that what something means someplace else may not hold true in your jurisdiction
A police officer is in critical, but stable condition after a taxi cab driver shot him during a routine traffic stop
He fought losing battles to control his rage as well as a peeping Tom obsession, destructive urges that led to his failure in the Army
The suspect had 3 guns, and made off in a vehicle of one of the officer’s he had killed before being killed
Sgt. Loran Butch Baker and Detective Elizabeth Butler were shot and killed while investigating Jeremy Goulet
A man walking his dog found trash bags containing dismembered remains of a woman
Privacy activists see letting police use DNA information without a warrant or a conviction as another loss for American privacy
Las Vegas police Capt. said that investigators are working around the clock to sort through evidence and find Ammar Harris
When she heard about the first death, her gut told her the connection wasn’t a coincidence
The link between the gunman and his first victim remains a mystery as detectives struggled to piece things together
A well where bodies were thought to be turned up empty, and the killer refuses to talk
Several credit union accounts paid for hotel rooms, food, trips and condominium rentals under official’s names without their knowledge
Some criminals are posting about the crimes they commit, others post false leads
Gunshots fired from a black Range Rover on the Las Vegas Strip caused a Maserati and taxi to crash, and the SUV sped away
the investigation involves the Office of the Inspector General, the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Texas attorney general’s Medicaid fraud unit
Forensic Training Source put on the 40-hour course for shooting reconstruction
Chief Charlie Beck says that he doesn’t discount the effect that Dorner’s manifesto has had on the reputation of the department
The Embodied Avatar device is presently being tested on real border crossers in Nogales, Arizona
Police received police reports of shootings in several locations, and found at least 6 crime scenes
Police found thousands of dollars worth of the games in the Lanza home, and are looking to see if one mimicks the Sandy Hook shooting
Evernote is a Web-based information system that has applications for just about every computer operating system and smartphone, so you can upload, edit, and view your files from anywhere
The medical examiner’s office is reviewing evidence in more than 800 cases because of sloppy work by a lab technician
It is still being investigated whether Dorner died from police gunfire, his own gunfire, or the cabin fire
The identification was made through the fugitive former cop’s dental records
The man had bashed a pastor repeatedly with a guitar, and stopped breathing after he was arrested
The prosecutor said the incident reflects the growing problem of drug cartels operating across the border
The investigation is focusing on how the instructor came to discharge live ammunition, though one theory is that he picked up the wrong gun
The Reynolds say they thought Dorner would shoot them, even though he repeatedly said he just wanted to clear his name
Monday’s killings were the culmination of a bitter, years-long custody battle involving the slain woman and the gunman’s son
The manhunt ended Tuesday night in flames, leaving a body believed to be Dorner’s and 4 deaths in his wake
Officials are looking for identifying marks such as tattoos on a body in the cabin to confirm Dorner was also killed
