Fugitive
The Police Fugitive topic page provides the latest tips, techniques, and tactics to bring fleeing suspects back into law enforcement control as soon as possible, whether they are running from cops on foot or by car. Whether the fugitive has escaped incarceration at a jail, a prison, or from the back of a squad car, the ensuing manhunt requires careful coordination.
Pinellas County, Fla. Sheriff Bob Gualtieri shares how he reinstated an effective fugitive unit with limited resources
Technology played a big role in aiding the police operation that caught the Tsarnaev brothers
Authorities arrested a suspect by tracking him through a smartphone
Media outlets report that U.S. Marshalls captured Rodney Cooke in connection with the death of Adrian Sauls 24 years ago
A suspect with two felony warrants was killed in a shootout after he refused to stop for speeding and started firing
I borrowed the ‘Watch Out’ concept from the wildland fire-fighting community and have adapted it to woodland manhunts and find them to be an excellent tool
Benjamin Peter Ashley was struck by two deputies who tried to stop him as he walked on a rural road toward foothills east of Bakersfield
Toxicology tests show prison escapee Richard Matt was drunk when fatally shot by border patrol agents
Police caught inmate 26 hours after he fled a work-release program to kill an acquaintance nearby
Federal agents tracked down fugitive after newspaper ran story about his new film
She said she enjoyed the attention the men gave her
Chief said he would personally pay for a return ticket for the fugitive who is wanted in the killing of an officer
They both fled with an unloaded shotgun after a man showed up to check on the cabin
The state police major who headed manhunt released new details
U.S. making efforts to capture one of the world’s most prolific and violent drug lords for the third time in 15 years
Newly released video shows the moment ‘El Chapo’ escapes from his prison cell
End of three week manhunt for Richard W. Matt and David Sweat is linked back to a spilled bottle of gin
Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko says Matthew Graham skipped a meeting with his probation officer on Saturday and stole cash and a pistol from his mother’s home
The man who fired the shot fled the scene
Remains in stable condition, while body of partner in escape has been handled in accordance with family
David Sweat told police that he masterminded the June 6 escape
The Clinton Correctional Facility Superintendent and the Deputy Superintendent are among those on leave
Initially the two convicts planned on fleeing to Mexico, but headed toward Canada on foot when their ride backed out
Convicted murderer David Sweat was shot by police Sunday
Troopers with guns drawn searched a cabin in Malone and other officers carrying rifles manned checkpoints and examined cars
Richard Matt, one of the prisoners who escaped Clinton Correctional Facility on June 6, has been killed
The search had been concentrating on a heavily wooded area 20 miles west of Clinton Correctional Facility
Gene Palmer became the second Clinton Correctional Facility employee to be charged since Richard Matt and David Sweat escaped
Hundreds of searchers checked ATV trails and logging roads and went door-to-door in far northern New York trying to close in on two murderers
Searchers using dogs and helicopters on Tuesday continued to focus intensely on a heavily wooded area
Items from Adirondack cabin some 20 miles west of the prison were sent to labs for DNA and other testing