Answer: PERPS

AnswerCrossword Clue
PERPSCuffs are slapped on them
PERPSThey may be collared
PERPSFigures in detective fiction
PERPSStation house figures
PERPSThose "walking" through the answers to the starred clues
PERPSLawbreakers
PERPSThey did it
PERPSGuilty gang
PERPSMug shot subjects, informally
PERPSPolice blotter types
PERPSCops' collars
PERPSPolice blotter types, slangily
PERPSCops' targets
PERPSSome guest roles on cop shows
PERPSOnes picked out of lineups
PERPSPolice line?
perpsthe perpetrator of a crime
perpsPERP, a perpetrator (slang)
PERPSWhom cops catch
PERPSCriminals, on cop shows
PERPSCrooks, to cops
PERPSCops' quarry
PERPSOffenders, in copspeak
PERPSHeist participants, to cops
PERPSGuys in cuffs, hopefully
PERPSCriminals, in the station house
PERPSCriminals, in cop lingo
PERPSCrooks
PERPSArraigned people
PERPSAPB targets
PERPSCops' quarries
PERPSOffenders, to cops
PERPSWhat cops call crooks
PERPSCrime committers, for short
PERPSFelonious figures, for short
PERPSCops catch them