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.
When officers need to investigate an unwitnessed vehicle crash, especially a fatal one, they can usually find plenty of physical evidence. Unless, of course, it ends up underwater
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Kevin Hogan has written numerous books on communication techniques applicable to both sales and our investigative tool of interrogation — here, we’ll examine the use of language patterns
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Police have connected a female trio to four downtown strong-arm robberies in one week
Some of the 47-year-old’s posts mentioned snow and winning $600 playing Keno
The FBI has not yet identified a suspect
Shots were fired overnight at a Coast Guard recruiting station, the latest case of someone shooting at military-related buildings in the Washington area
The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s office says the teen, Tivarus King, died as he was being taken to Grady Memorial Hospital
A man who was wounded in the back is believed to have been the target
Same gun was used in the three separate shootings
Police are investigating whether the killing is potentially the most extreme example of Mexican drug cartel violence spilling over the border
Undercover informant secretly recorded him plotting a murder-for-hire scheme that involved poisoning a man
Thermal imagers detect the heat difference emitted by the object or person and the ambient temperature
The XRY Field Version from Micro Systemation and the Panasonic Toughbook U1 are a winning combination for law enforcement
A woman was pronounced dead at the scene of the double shooting
Ever needed to see what a building looked like before visiting the address?
Three simple reminders to reiterate during roll call training can go a long way toward increasing the success rate investigative efforts of your department
A philosophy of “pairing and sharing” creates an atmosphere for learning
There are conflicting accounts of how the football player died driving away from the scene of a fight outside a bar
Two bullets hit the south side of the building, one striking a window and the other hitting the building itself
Signs in the area say no trespassing, but the campers say their belongings were “destroyed”
The shooting was the latest in a spike of violence in the city that has frustrated, police, politicians and community leaders
The accident woke up neighbors, including an off-duty Hub cop, who confronted the trooper at his home and called for back up
An NC crime lab has come under scrutiny for misrepresenting blood evidence
The 23 year old’s body was found over the weekend in a self-storage unit
Last seen leaving a bar with a man on Wednesday between 1:30 a.m. and 3 a.m.
She was a Scottish immigrant who was born in 1897 and worked as a nurse in Los Angeles
“They have for too long run this housing development and caused residents to live in fear,” an attorney said
Look at the Newburgh case and you’ll find good, old-fashioned police work that involved intelligence, courage, ingenuity, and dogged effort by many agencies
Prosecutors say the now-56-year-old Evans and his cousin killed the teens in a dispute over missing drugs
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