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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Investigators say the LEO used a chokehold on Garner, a practice banned in the 1990s for its potential of lethality
In recognition of Police Week, the FBI is highlighting eight cases that left six officers dead and three wounded
The officer is accused of hastening Garner’s death with a banned chokehold
The man is now in custody and may face felony charges
The man suffered “burned skin throughout his torso after” setting his clothes on fire with a cigarette lighter
The suspect was charged with capital murder and is jailed on $1 million bond
The former trooper was sentenced to at least five years in prison for causing the death of a teen who crashed an ATV after he was shot with a TASER
The trooper will serve two months in prison as well as three months of home detention for embezzlement
Eight victims died from blunt force head injuries with the youngest being a 12-year-old girl
The man who reported the 4-year-old’s disappearance was arrested after police say they found her blood in his apartment
Investigators say the suspect and two other men helped Darian Atkinson change clothes after Atkinson shot the officer
The district attorney’s office is expected to decide whether the younger suspect will be charged as an adult
He told the dispatcher that he thought he had killed some people and that he did it “because Jewish people are destroying the white race”
The officer helped a driver out of a wrecked sports car less than an hour before he was killed
“He doesn’t even realize how many lives he saved by stopping a school shooting,” officials said
The men were arrested on charges of accessory after the fact in the capital murder case
One LEO has been fired, and the other may face discipline after firing through the windshield of a cruiser
Video shows the LEO picking up a woman and slamming her to the ground after she approached the area where her relatives were being detained
The man’s family agreed to settle its civil lawsuit with the money going towards his three children
The 22-year-old suspect has been indicted on murder and other charges in the university shooting that left two students dead and four others wounded
A local NAACP leader said the suspect had threatened to shoot his goddaughter last year when they were both high school students
The 39-second clip shows Bland’s perspective of the 2015 traffic stop
The slain NYPD explorer was attacked by a group of suspected gang members with weapons, including a machete, after being mistaken for a member of a rival gang
The officer’s wife has been charged for his murder and is being held on a $100,000 bond
The officer submitted a letter of resignation two days after prosecutors announced that she was indicted on a charge of second-degree assault
The trial placed the PD’s policies under a microscope, questioning whether LEOs are too quick to use lethal force
The teen was found guilty of felony murder for fatally striking Officer Amy Caprio with a stolen Jeep
The officer was charged with involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action after police say he fatally shot his colleague while playing with firearms
Isaiah Joel Peoples, 34, faces eight counts of attempted murder for injuring eight people, including four who remain hospitalized
From 2008 to 2017, more than half a million LEOs were assaulted—most by people using personal weapons. This trend points toward the need for safer contact and interview techniques
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