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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.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s continuing protection of property rights in 2013
The use of facial recognition will grow not only in law enforcement, but in private society as well
An active shooter incident preempted and averted in Bartlesville (Okla.) provides a template for near-perfect threat response
Agencies can add, modify and maintain up-to-date protocols according to specific agency policies and procedures
Quality surveillance can provide detectives with vital clues and quickly lead to an arrest
"[Investigators] acted like I’m just trying to blame somebody else for something I did,” she said
It takes officers’ attention off of real crime and causes authorities to question reports that may be legitimate
The bird mimicked the plaintive words of the 98-year-old woman saying: ‘Help. Help.’ And then he would laugh
12-year-old Brittany Mae Smith disappeared after her mother was found dead
Preliminary autopsy results show that he shot himself with a .22 pistol
The arrest highlights Camden’s tenacity in recent years when it comes to apprehending violent offenders, authorities say
Reportedly shot himself in the head in the lobby of a Los Angeles hotel as police closed in with a search warrant
Saw a picture of his driver’s license and information that he was wanted in connection to a September murder
Evidence tech Michael Flisk, 46, was killed Friday while processing a burglary scene on city’s Southeast Side
Evidence tech processing burglary scene and another person were fatally shot
Athletes’ jersey numbers were used as code for drug amounts
Blake’s gun and wallet were found in his personal SUV after he was killed inside the vehicle just after 1830 hours on Monday
Melinda Merck, the nation’s top forensic vet, has begun a veterinary forensic science training program already nicknamed “Animal CSI”
Learned during an interrogation that a man been shot because he refused to take part in a plot to kill someone else
The crimes have been concentrated in Atlanta, where police have recovered 10 ATMs this year and made more than a dozen arrests in recent smash-and-grab heists
The SWAT commander says there is no doubt the vehicle saved lives that day
Granger unloaded 30-plus rounds into the armored truck before a sniper shot him dead
Cops are investigating what led to the two women being shot in the head at the Colorado firing range
David Grove patrolled all alone, in forests, at night, in the cold and among people who almost always carry guns
Thomas Steven Sanders was taken into custody Sunday in Miss., after a massive manhunt in a bizarre case that stretched across the country
A man was arrested Sunday at the home where the girl was found and authorities hope he will provide information leading to the others
The case will show how far the mob has fallen, law enforcement experts have said
A Navy SEAL and two others were charged with smuggling machine guns from Iraq for sale on the black market
A separate investigation is continuing into whether interrogators went too far in their treatment of the suspects during questioning
Cop asked to see behind her veil in 2002 but the accused kidnapper said she was covered for religious reasons
With software like Pyramidal Technologies’ ALIAS system, the work of forensic ballistics experts stands to get much easier