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.
How facial recognition and natural language processing tools can aid law enforcement in identifying suspects in car break-ins while balancing ethical concerns
Here’s what to know about this powerful chatbot that uses deep learning to produce humanlike text
Busting the myths surrounding live social media collection and analysis
The decision was blasted by the largest police unions as “plainly illegal” and not nearly enough by the Legal Aid Society and the N.Y. Civil Liberties Union
AG Xavier Becerra and Chief Daniel Hahn announced an agreement that they hoped would help instill calm in the city
AG Jeff Landry’s announcement comes nearly 11 months after the Justice Department ruled out federal criminal charges in Alton Sterling’s 2016 death
A mobile digital forensics lab allows detectives to gather electronic data from devices at a crime scene without taking them to a lab for testing
The video offers no outward sign that Paddock would carry out the Oct. 1 shooting that killed 58 people and injured hundreds
Prosecutors said Monday that the cause and manner of the officer’s death remains under investigation
Janelle Monroy was sentenced for helping her husband, Luis Bracamontes, as he killed two California deputies in 2014
Investigators are trying to determine why a man drove a flaming minivan full of propane tanks and gasoline cans through the main gate of a California Air Force Base
Interim Austin Chief Brian Manley was given a 20-second standing ovation during a city council meeting for his leadership during the investigation
Detective Sean Suiter’s death is one of the only unsolved killings of a police officer in the Baltimore department’s history
Deputy David Manning died while pursuing an intoxicated driver who police said “consumed the equivalent of 16 malt beverages” before the incident
One of the largest bombing investigations in the U.S. since the Boston Marathon attacks in 2013 came to an intense close Wednesday
Mohamed Noor, who officials said was fired from the department on Tuesday, faces murder and manslaughter charges in the fatal shooting of Justine Damond
Police said a video left behind by the bomber, which authorities declined to release, amounts to a confession
Officers must make life and death decisions and conduct investigations into criminal acts much like physicians investigate what’s ailing a patient
About 30 minutes before the deputy was found asleep, deputies arrested Zachary Cruz, brother of Nikolas Cruz, for trespassing on school grounds
Authorities confirmed that the suspect in the deadly bombings that terrorized Austin is dead
Through the Data-Driven Justice Initiative, officials can compare information on arrests and healthcare to reduce costs and better manage super users of public services
The LAPD’s years-long practice of keeping video from body cameras and patrol cars under wraps will soon end
Tuesday night’s blast wasn’t related to bombings that have killed two people and severely wounded four others since March 2
The Willoughby Hills PD released the dashboard camera video hours after Timmothy S. Schmidt pleaded guilty to shooting two officers
Officials weren’t immediately naming the driver or what caused the crash
Detective Rusty Anderson had been with the Barren County Sheriff’s Office since 2005
The SRO who recommended Nikolas Cruz to be committed was Scot Peterson, who resigned amid accusations he failed to respond to the shooting
Four firearms and 267 rounds of ammunition were ordered removed from a 56-year-old man who experts determined was a potential risk to himself or others
Police Chief Brian Manley said the latest bombing that injured two people was caused by a tripwire
Two people were injured in another explosion in Texas’ capital Sunday night, after three package bombs detonated earlier this month
The uproar has forced police to step up security amid threats at Preston Junior High School and other schools in the district
Three students were injured after Dennis Alexander pointed a gun toward a ceiling and inadvertently fired a round during a lecture
Four people were charged with hindering prosecution in connection with the shooting of Officer Scotty Hamilton
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