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.
Texting while driving is difficult to prove — should implied consent laws be applied to cell phone searches?
Flashback Data has services designed to extract the data from damaged and/or encrypted storage media for as little as $500
One partnership in Virginia has led to better awareness of gang activities, solved multiple cases, and ultimately contributed to the reduction of gang activity in the region
This approach to social networking includes citizens, objectives, planning, policies, and scheduling
Accelerator was stuck when police helped a Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop
Gunman shot himself as police closed in
Teens ranging from 14- to 18-years-old taken to three area hospitals, but injuries weren’t believed to be life threatening.
The investigations of Amber Dubois and Chelsea King were treated very differently
NamUs is free, but many LEO agencies aren’t aware of it
Sen. Robert F. Kennedy’s clothes were on display in a ‘high-profile homicides’ exhibit
How Facebook and Twitter changed the search for Chelsea King
Nurse suffered non-life threatening injuries
Gerardo Salazar is being held for attempted bribery and possible extradition to the U.S.
75 to 90 percent of new marijuana farms are linked to Mexican gangs
Initial interviews show the shooting may have been gang related
Suspects IDed in murder of 24-year-old mother of 3- and 4-year-old sons
The ACLU is calling police work ‘recklessly sloppy’
Accurint service now offers investigators ability to share tips, insight, information
STRATFOR’s Scott Stewart writes that there is very little that can be done to stop an airplane flown by a suicidal pilot
Questioning can resume after passage of time
The unit works with U.S. marshals to dig up clues to old cases
Providing DNA samples as a condition of employment is not yet an issue in law enforcement, but we should contemplate the ramifications should that day arrive
Police officers are constantly collecting information — the difficulty lies in effectively using that information over time
Some items in overflowing evidence rooms go back as far as 15 years
Austin police struggle to define what the recent plane attack meant to the public
The unsolved murder of Officer Alfred M. Johnson will hopefully be put to rest
‘Blue Alert’ highway signs would warn the public of wanted suspects
Advocates say it will reduce allegations that detectives use coercion
A pilot crashed into an office building that houses IRS offices, but officers have not called it an act of terrorism
Customs, ICE officers ‘did not always sufficiently safeguard their firearms’
Robert M. Cook was arrested in connection with the shooting death of Lt. Mike Vogt