Investigations

Consultant Who Helped Get Vietnam Wall Built Found Dead in Delaware Landfill

Body was found in a load of trash.

Posted Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Bullet Strike: It’s Not a Seizure in Some Cases

Know whether the application of physical force constitutes a seizure.

Posted Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Caught on Tape

How one agency used technology to slash crime rates.

Posted Tuesday, October 19, 2010

The Harder They Come

Terrorists are opportunists; don’t present them with an opportunity in the form of your police buildings.

Posted Monday, October 18, 2010

How about the thought of a detective fingerprinting a murder victim on scene and learning his identity instantaneously? Or an officer in Arkansas finding a missing person hours after an Oklahoma department posted the report—does it sound too good to be true?

Posted Thursday, September 2, 2010

Gang Interviews: Do’s & Don’ts

As with everything police officers do, it’s important to act in an ethical manner when conducting an interview.

Posted Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Chicago Police Battle Street Code Culture

Four cases collapsed because victims refused to testify.

Posted Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Money Talks

The old adage “money talks” has another meaning since U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) opened the Bulk Cash Smuggling Center (BCSC) in late 2009. The BCSC’s goal is to identify, disrupt and dismantle criminal organizations that utilize bulk cash smuggling (BCS) to move their illicit funds.

Posted Friday, July 16, 2010

Oregon City Settles Suit Over Cell Phone Recording of Arrest

Beaverton police Chief Geoff Spalding says it's unlikely his officers would again arrest somebody for recording the voice of an officer, although he's not ruling it out.

Posted Sunday, July 11, 2010

Officer-involved shootings: Educate those who will judge the enforcers

Here’s the harsh reality of the civil and criminal justice system in the U.S.: When cops get involved in an officer-involved shooting, most often the facts and circumstances of the incident are going to be reviewed by people who, for the most part, have absolutely no idea what deadly force confrontations are like—judges, juries, civilian review boards and, yes, sometimes even assistant district attorneys and/or assistant state prosecutors.

Posted Tuesday, March 30, 2010

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