police investigations
Law enforcement casework
Police investigations are the activities law enforcement conducts to solve crimes—gathering evidence, interviewing witnesses, analyzing forensics, and building cases for prosecution.
The phrase often appears in news reports: The police investigation is ongoing, A police investigation revealed financial irregularities.
To be under police investigation is to be suspected of criminal activity.
- warrantsJustifies or legally permits
- arrest warrantJudicial order authorizing detention
- murderDeliberate unlawful killing
- crime sceneLocation of an offense
- detectivesThose who solve crimes
interrogation · theft · probable cause · forensic analysis · patrol officers · surveillance · chain of custody · case law · witnesses · Miranda rights · person of interest · jurisdiction · evidence collection · undercover operations · chain of evidence · body cam footage · stakeouts · fraud
police investigationscover-ups
Acts of concealing wrongdoing
obstruction of justice · evidence suppression · stonewalling · evidence tampering · concealment
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