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.
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Authorities initially served a search warrant at the house after receiving a call that someone was being held there
For more than 15 years, over countless interviews, a detective would chip away at the serial killer, working to get him to admit to the decades-old killings
Officers chased down the suspect and arrested him on multiple charges
It will specifically focus on whether the Louisville PD engages in a pattern of unreasonable force
A DHS inspector said a new report found that the agency “did not properly exercise its authority” in Portland last summer
According to video and investigators, the student’s handgun went off, hitting a trash can and causing officers to believe their lives were in danger
A civil rights group wants to know if the gunman who killed eight people last week — four of them Sikhs — had ties to hate groups
The investigation will be a more sweeping probe of the entire Minneapolis PD and may result in major policing changes there, officials said
A sheriff says the podcaster helped draw attention to the case, which rallied key witnesses and ultimately resulted in an arrest
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Capitol Police Inspector General Michael A. Bolton will testify for the first time on Thursday
The arrest came just weeks after the NYPD said it would be sending Asian cops undercover to stop hate crimes
Sixteen agencies have until Thursday to turn over all communications regarding the Jan. 6 attack in compliance with a congressional inquiry
The golf star was driving about 40 over the speed limit when he crashed and seriously injured himself, officials said
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Investigators believe two teenage brothers, who were found dead with four family members, were the killers
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Investigators are increasingly focused on the driver’s mental health as they work to identify motive for the attack
The three men are accused of aiding six others who are charged in federal court with conspiring to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
A new plan aims to increase communication among local LE officials, especially in places with overlapping jurisdiction
Police Chief Lucky Miller showed signs of having been beaten after sharing a hotel room with Officer Michael Nealey
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office cited unspecified privacy concerns for the golf star
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a 30-day review, citing the “recent rise in hate crimes and hate incidents”
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The case is one of the oldest cold case murders in the county
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The suspect shot his parents and then later killed two more at a convenience store, police said
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