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.
Fraud complaints do not necessarily need to be immediately forwarded to a detective
Cellebrite Inseyets is designed for advanced and rapid extraction of comprehensive evidence from the latest Android and iOS devices
The court determines the permissibility of a warrant that allowed for the search of a cloud account with no time limitation
Off-duty LAPD officer acted in self-defense after mentally-ill man attacked him, attorneys said
Officers will be able to submit and track the progress of legal requests
Failure to manage confidential criminal informants can lead to personal and municipal civil liability, and even criminal prosecution of officers
A Wisconsin inmate has reportedly confessed to killing Theresa Halbach, whose slaying was at the center of the hit Netflix series
Police don’t know if the shootings were related
“We believe we took a serial killer off the streets,” Palm Beach sheriff’s Capt. Michael Wallace said
The 22-year-old man was arrested late Friday on suspicion of emailing a possible active shooter threat to the fair association
Using ODMAP, law enforcement and public health can input, monitor and track overdose data using times, dates and locations
The APD has also called in additional resources “due to the complexity of the scenes,” according to Albuquerque Deputy Chief Harold Medina
Terri Lynn Hollis disappeared from her Torrance home on Thanksgiving in 1972. Her body, clad only in a T-shirt, was found the next day by fishermen
UAS offer public safety a tool that can bridge the gap between spaces that are too high to reach with a ladder, and too low for manned aviation to be effective
The American flag, raised by NYC firefighters at Ground Zero shortly after the terrorist attacks on 9/11, was discovered years later in Washington state
The incident happened during a protest following the acquittal of former officer Jason Stockley
Find out why one agency chose to keep its original evidence management software vendor when upgrading other systems
Police are looking at several possible persons of interest in the search for Blane Barksdale and Susan Barksdale
Philadelphia prosecutors and state police announced the arrest of Theodore Dill Donahue, now 52, on charges of murder and other counts
All tips are moved through a process that ensures they will receive swift attention from the appropriate administrator or law enforcement agency
Straw ownership is still the preferred method of hiding assets for fraudsters
The approach is translating into more privacy for accusers and greater transparency with the department’s crime statistics
Some privacy experts have concerns about video-sharing partnerships with police
If a smart speaker captures the audio of a serious crime, can it be used as evidence by the police and prosecution at trial?
Salvador Sanchez, a Los Angeles police officer, has said he opened fire because Kenneth French attacked him while Sanchez was holding his 1½-year-old son
Using 3D “point cloud” models with CCTV footage stills, investigators are ascertaining suspect height, speed analysis and bullet trajectory analysis
Agency determined that federal immigration officials can access the records within it, raising concern that participation in the system would violate a “sanctuary county” law
Federal, state or private grant funding may be a great option to cover the cost of a law enforcement agency’s digital forensics tools
Operation Relentless Guardian was conducted by law enforcement officers clandestinely posing as preteen and teenage girls in Internet chat rooms and on gaming apps
Police said rounds of ammo, weapons and anti-Semitic information were found at his house
Three abandoned devices that looked like pressure cookers caused an evacuation of a major subway station and closed off an intersection in another part of town Friday
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