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.
Wash. police are counting on an automated database system to help significantly reduce and solve incidents of stolen property
Courts that have upheld searching a cell phone incident to arrest are presently in a majority, but courts finding this type of warrantless search to be unlawful have begun to weigh in
The Supreme Court has not yet addressed this issue, and the lower courts that have are split
A note on a wall threatens that black students would be killed Feb. 2
36-year-old Michael Minor Jr. threatened to ‘shoot the family’
The money raised for officers instead went to a company
What does the future hold for American policing in the modern fusion center?
How has policing changed in the past 10 years? We collected responses from P1 members and columnists
Barre chief used Internet, MySpace to find missing girl
43-year-old Lloyd R. Woodson was armed with semiautomatic rifle and bulletproof vest when arrested
The best bait questions are inserted at various times during the subject’s initial questioning
At the center of this controversial case is a man who claims an NYPD officer sodomized him
Michael Smith used that rifle to kill Trooper Paul Richey
Authorities have released more details about the attempted terrorist attack
Richard Poplawski made a list of people he wanted to kill
The female officer fell asleep moments before the crash
Authorities are investigating the officer after rumors that the story was false
Many clain that police blew the initial investigation of former cop Drew Peterson
Speight killed sister, brother-in-law when he thought they would kick him out
Officer Jason Allen was shot 5 times as he sat in his patrol car
Christopher Speight hid in dense woods during manhunt
Some researchers aren’t confident that voice-based lie detectors work
The officer said he used deadly force after the teen fired a shotgun at him
A suspect in the shooting deaths of five people was held at gunpoint by a neighbor until police arrived
2,500 cases where LEOs used bullet lead analysis need to be reviewed again
The man was a suspect in shootings dating back to mid-August ’09
Application’s comprehensive search includes the internet social scene
Research will help the department focus its efforts to benefit the community
Cop shocked 3 junior high students, placed on administrative leave