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Dena Ross Higgins is the Director of Digital Editorial Operations at A+E Networks. She manages the A&E True Crime blog.
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We spoke to Rachel Jeffs about leaving the polygamous life behind.
Sgt. Leverett talks to us about how he gets people to tell the truth, the unexpected places he's found drugs (butts aren't that unusual) and what would surprise fans to know about his K-9 partner Flex.
Marcus Parks of 'The Last Podcast on the Left' thinks Casey Anthony got away with murder. He spoke with A&E True Crime about how he believes the crime went down—and why the focus on chloroform as the murder weapon was a big mistake.
Dep. Rebecca Loeb of the Lake County Sheriff's Department spoke with us about her transition from lawyer to law-enforcement officer, the challenges and benefits of being a female in a male-dominated profession and those funky pink handcuffs.
K-9 Master Trainer Lt. Glenn Jackson, who helps train Live PD's Flex and Cairo along with their human partners, on what he looks for in bringing in new police dogs, the relationship between K-9s and their partners and a funny challenge he had with training Cairo.
Nancy Grace of 'Grace vs. Abrams' spoke with us about whether the double-jeopardy rule should be abolished, recent cases the media isn't paying enough attention to and whether it's opportunistic to report on crime stories.
Dep. Chris Mastrianni discusses the moment when he had to tackle a suspect holding a child, misconceptions about policing and the importance of body cameras.
The Richland County Sheriff's Department officer spoke with us about how being in the military and in law enforcement are similar, how social media has impacted policing and the importance of police transparency.
Fred Paige, investigator on the A&E series The Eleven, on why the murders of so many teenage girls in Texas have gone unsolved for so long and the common thread among family members of the victims.
We asked Live PD's Officer Alyssa Wright how it feels to be called a role model, working with her K-9 partner Cairo, and what you didn't see happen during that intense take down featured on a recent episode.
Journalist Murray Weiss, who has covered organized crime for over 30 years and who is now at the New York Post, tells us why working-class people loved John Gotti, how the Mafia has changed since the 1980s and what it was like for John Gotti Jr. to leave the mob.