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.
Inmates find all kinds of ways to make contraband cellphones work for them. Now, authorities are finding a way to make the phones work for them, too
The commercialization of unmanned aerial vehicles is leading to innovative, off-the-shelf tools for police uses
And will any of them be admissible in court?
The office of East Haven’s mayor was blasted with prank phone calls and a delivery of hundreds of tacos Thursday
In its investigation, the CIA’s inspector general faulted the agency for sending an officer to New York with little oversight
East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo Jr.'s comment came in response to a reporter’s question about the FBI’s arrest of four officers
Inmate communications are too often underestimated and sometimes overlooked during an investigator’s quest for information
The recent 9-0 Supreme Court decision in U.S. v. Jones undoubtedly creates a Fourth Amendment hurdle for investigations, but that issue notwithstanding, one device merits a look by any agency interested in using GPS tracking technology
Four police officers were arrested by the FBI on Tuesday on charges that they assaulted illegal immigrants
A House committee says a federal prosecutor in Arizona intends to remain silent if called for questioning in a congressional probe of a problem-plagued gun smuggling investigation
A purportedly ‘stolen’ vehicle was loaded with five Xbox 360 video gaming consoles that had been purchased by the FBI
According to the officers’ report, shots were fired after Rogelio Cortes tried to run them down with his minivan
Officers were under investigation to determine they were stealing cash or property from the homes in which they were serving warrants
‘Pattern and practice’ investigations are on a steep upswing, according to a review of Justice Department statistics
An outside consultant investigated missing cocaine, other narcotics
Sergeant, deputy focus of probe into whether ride-along was approved
A Los Angeles County deputy charged with smuggling heroin into a courthouse jail in a burrito had been dismissed from the sheriff’s training academy in 2007
Drew Ryan Maras fatally shot sheriff’s Deputy William Coleman on Sunday after the officer responded to a burglary call
Deputy William Coleman, 50, was killed early Sunday at a north Phoenix medical building
Trooper Donald Crozier was traveling westbound was on his way to assist another officer involved in a motorcycle traffic stop
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said police have done nothing illegal and are simply following leads
Investigators nationwide use a variety of tools when asking for the public’s help identifying corpses
A 19-year state police veteran faces up to 20 years in federal prison if convicted
Five-year APD veteran Aaron Zwicky was responding to calls reporting a fight and possible gunshots when he struck and killed 57-year-old Patrick Dennison
Arellano Felix headed a once-mighty cartel that came to power in Mexico in the late 1980s
An assailant suddenly tackles a Baltimore cop, springing a suspect who had been prone and placed under arrest
In an effort to dispel accusations of officer misconduct, the department has allowed the attorneys and local media to view — but not record — the videotape
“He had plenty of opportunities to lower the weapon...and he didn’t want to,” said Police Chief Orlando Rodriguez.
The shooting was the second deadly holdup in a pharmacy on Long Island in 2011
Family members accuse officers of beating suspect who mistook a plainclothes female police officer for a friend and hugged her
The medical examiner’s office has not been able to determine a cause of death
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