Law enforcement investigations of shootings commonly include recovering firearms and shell casings, reviewing surveillance video, and interviewing witnesses and potential suspects to establish events and motive.
October 05, 2025
high
temporal
Typical investigative procedures used by police following shooting incidents.
Deadly force is defined as force that can cause great bodily harm or death.
October 03, 2025
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definition
General definition of 'deadly force' used in law enforcement and use-of-force discussions.
Police officials may treat intentionally ramming or striking a vehicle that contains law enforcement agents, or boxing in law enforcement vehicles, as the unlawful use of deadly force that can justify a deadly-force response.
October 03, 2025
high
policy_statement
Interpretation of use-of-force response when vehicles containing officers are intentionally struck or immobilized.
Law enforcement can reconstruct an individual's movements on a university campus using the campus security camera network, enabling tracking without relying on cellphone records.
September 10, 2025
high
investigative method
Use of fixed surveillance infrastructure to map movements across campus areas.
Information provided by incarcerated individuals can prompt law enforcement investigations that identify and link suspects to cold cases.
high
procedural
Reports of admissions or written statements from other inmates are a documented source of leads in cold-case investigations.
Law enforcement agencies routinely connect crimes across different years by identifying similarities in modus operandi or case characteristics to link suspects to multiple incidents.
high
procedural
Detectives compare details of unsolved cases to identify patterns that may indicate a single perpetrator was involved in multiple offenses.
Law enforcement agencies can obtain telephone call metadata from telephone service providers through legal process such as subpoenas.
medium
procedural
Common mechanism used in criminal and regulatory investigations to acquire call records from providers.
The Terrorist Screening Database is a named database referenced by law enforcement to identify individuals for screening or apprehension.
high
general
The article references people listed in the terrorist screening database being identified in federal operations.
Street takeovers can involve dangerous, confrontational behaviors toward law enforcement and vehicles, including crowds throwing objects such as cones, fireworks, or poles at police vehicles.
medium
behavioral
Commonly reported types of hostile or unsafe actions observed during street takeover incidents.