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 criminals have put damning evidence of their crimes on social media, but gang culture may lead members to make such missteps more than it would for individual offenders
Are these qualities you already possess — thus making you an innovative investigator — or are they qualities you might add to your set of skills to improve your ability to lead your investigations?
I was a natural, mainly because as a 150-pound, Peter Brady lookalike nobody would ever believe I was a cop — “He’s way too young and scrawny to be a cop.”
The officers were responding to a report of an armed man walking down a road near a casino when he opened fire
Suspects were shot 23 and 24 times after a half-hour pursuit involving at least 30 patrol cars
Kansas police have had to reseal and reweigh the confiscated marijuana
Ore. police are unsure whether or not she was aware she was at a police station
An accomplice made a call to the ‘victim’s’ girlfriend demanding $2,000
The man was spotted on surveillance video following her to her house, and his truck was seen circling the area
A British security company has launched a new device that deploys a non-lethal pellet that marks its target for several weeks
Officials have said at least 10 shots were fired Tuesday during a dispute between two men at Lone Star College
The commission is reviewing the state’s laws and policies in the wake of the Dec. 14 massacre
Experts say it is well-suited for resale on the black market
An earlier assessment of the suspect has given ammunition to both prosecution and defense attorneys in an Oregon terrorism trial
Two alerts were sent to students via text and email saying, “Hunker Down. Gunman on campus”
No shots were fired by police or SWAT officers from the two present police departments
A man called 911 Monday and told a dispatcher he killed his wife and child, set his house on fire
Suspect removed from a case file a substance that tested positive for cocaine and replaced it with one that didn’t
A severed human head and two hands were hidden behind a kitchen cabinet, other parts were found in a storage locker
Prosecutors say soldiers and state police officers will patrol the cities
Police Chief Cathy Lanier says her department has implemented reforms
Investigators have not said how the women knew each other or why they may have been targeted
Effects of cocaine intoxication appear to be a major factor in the death; police car video did not reveal evidence of fatal trauma or asphyxia
Three of the people arrested were playing video games when police arrived at the home where the bodies were found
The cause of death for a SWAT commander and training director is still under investigation
Oakland police are investigating four fatal shootings that took place in different parts of the city within six hours
The 13-year-old was dropped off at a Wal-mart without her jacket, shoes, and glasses 2 days after disappearing
Two men went missing 3 months apart in 2003, the officer was fired a year later
Investigators said the crimes were sexually motivated strangulations
A 4-year-old boy found in the same apartment was unharmed, his relationship with the women is unknown
Police are looking for the man suspected of throwing a flammable liquid at his girlfriend and setting her on fire Sunday
In each case, authorities say the man gained entry to the bank after normal business hours through a hole cut in the roof
Medical officials haven’t determined how she died; No weapons have been recovered