Investigations

Mat-transfer latent fingerprints

New technique reveals prints in seconds, nondestructively and in daylight

April 26, 2011 11:05 AM

Tim Dees

CSI classroom preps students for real-world investigations

Small agencies would never have the opportunity to participate in this type of training without the NIJ-funded project

April 19, 2011 10:55 AM

The Office of Justice Programs’ National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

Shedding light on bloodstains?

New technology now envisioned by university researchers may one day enable investigators to locate blood without the use of Luminol

March 16, 2011 04:17 PM

Tim Dees

Court: Search violated NY woman’s rights

October 08, 2008 12:56 PM

Gangs blamed in half of San Diego homicides

October 08, 2008 12:49 PM

Md. State Police to purge list of activists

October 08, 2008 12:42 PM

L.A. murder-suicide puts police, counselors on alert

October 08, 2008 12:39 PM

Detroit lawyers criticize crime lab probe

October 08, 2008 12:32 PM

Ex-Md. police chief defends spying

October 08, 2008 04:28 AM

LAPD, FBI begin excavation for murder victim from 1968

October 07, 2008 07:18 AM

Patrol Issues

Six die in L.A. family murder-suicide

October 07, 2008 04:25 AM

Ky. deputy wanted in slaying captured in Iowa

October 07, 2008 04:13 AM

Calif. sheriff’s investigators find Fossett’s plane and remains

October 03, 2008 07:43 AM

Officer Misconduct / Internal Affairs

Under the microscope: Coping with the stress of an internal investigation, Part 1

October 02, 2008 10:13 AM

Calibre Press Street Survival

Ruling clears recording of phone calls from jail

September 30, 2008 01:21 PM

Assistant U.S. attorney errantly leaks raid plans

September 30, 2008 06:44 AM

Idaho police bust major drug ring

September 26, 2008 05:37 AM

Patrol Issues

Cops: Biker gang masquerades as Christian ministry

September 25, 2008 12:09 PM

Legal

Wash. man threatens shooting at mall, faces possible jail time

September 25, 2008 11:58 AM

Ex-cop who killed N.C. deputy found dead

September 25, 2008 10:11 AM

Error-prone Detroit police crime lab closed

September 25, 2008 06:30 AM

Terrorism Prevention and Response

DOJ tweaks terror probe rules

September 24, 2008 06:25 AM

‘Touch DNA’ offers hope in solving cold cases

September 24, 2008 06:20 AM

International Law Enforcement

Jurors retrace steps of man shot by British police

September 23, 2008 09:22 AM

Patrol Issues

Wash. officer’s killer was violating probation

September 23, 2008 05:37 AM

Agents raid Ark. religious compound

September 22, 2008 04:53 AM

Police investigating Ill. ex-cop used electronic surveillance

September 19, 2008 12:06 PM

DNA test exonerates Dallas man jailed for 25 years

September 19, 2008 11:12 AM

O.C. prosecutor faults handling of sheriff’s scandal

September 19, 2008 09:25 AM

Alabama drug sweep nabs 104 people

September 19, 2008 05:01 AM

Death of Md. inmate ruled a homicide

September 18, 2008 11:08 AM

Investigations

Vegas detective tells of encountering O.J. Simpson

September 18, 2008 05:20 AM

Let the tears flow

September 17, 2008 10:47 AM

Force Science

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.