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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Sharing crime data empowers law enforcement agencies to analyze information from various sources, unveiling emerging crime patterns at a regional level
Nearly 3,000 law enforcement agencies have switched to the CVSA
In court, whether BWC video captures a complete or just a partial recording of a force event has “a profound impact” on an accused officer’s fate
Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott says the biometric technology is one of many investigative tools used by his department
The court concluded officers had lawfully used a hidden camera to record what they could have seen from the publicly accessible hallway
School officials said the incident occurred in a campus parking lot
The fugitive was arrested by the FBI in New Mexico where he was living under an alias
No police officers were injured in the incident
Choosing a law enforcement-founded vendor to digitize its paper-based background investigations process resulted in ‘massive’ time and cost savings
The Richland County Sheriff’s Department and Columbia Police Department have charged over 80 people with crimes related to George Floyd protests
How a SARA approach to crime response combined with community outreach netted positive results
A spokesman said the department has received “numerous complaints” and “additional information” about the use of ketamine to sedate Elijah McClain
Three victims were pronounced dead at the scene
A masked suspect seen smashing windows in Minneapolis was allegedly trying to rile a peaceful crowd, police said
Five men in Oregon allegedly planned a heist to pose as police raiding an illegal grow operation
Under ideal conditions, the failure rate for the best algorithms is only about 0.3%, according to a study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Study reviewed how 18 common types of calls changed in 10 large U.S. agencies
9 people were shot in broad daylight Sunday afternoon
Officer Jonathan Shoop was fatally shot July 13 after a traffic stop turned into a brief pursuit
NYPD’s plainclothes anti-crime unit was disbanded in June amid calls for police reform
The fully dressed anatomically correct doll apparently had very realistic features, authorities said
City officials said the windshield that an officer shot through was discarded and the unmarked vehicle was placed back into service
1 trooper has been fired, 5 are facing termination and 15 were ordered to repay money
The transmissions feature automated voices using racial slurs and threatening violence such as lynchings in front of the county courthouse
Police records show the suspect threatened to kill Sgt. Craig Johnson when he was first arrested in 2006
The state attorney’s office said there was insufficient evidence to prove charges of battery on a police officer
The suspect is charged with capital murder
Amy Cooper, a white woman, drew widespread condemnation after a video showed her calling 911 to claim she was being threatened by a Black bird watcher
The gunman wasn’t identified and details about why he was at the hospital weren’t immediately released
The device shattered two windows but did not ignite; none of the four officers in the vehicle were seriously injured
The toll comes as the Chicago Police Department added more than 1,200 extra officers to work the holiday weekend
A large crowd was at the nightclub for a concert when the shooting occurred
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