Evidence Management
Understanding how these technologies store and manage data is essential for accurately extracting and attributing information during forensic examinations
LEAs that interact with the federal government must adhere to its requirements – here’s an overview
Exploring how everyday mobile technology empowers law enforcement with tools to track, investigate and solve crimes through detailed call records and location data
‘It feels uncomfortable when I don’t have it,’ an officer said
Calif. legislation would allow cell phone evidence even if officers extracted the information without asking a judge
After more than a week of searching, the missing family members were found stuffed into garbage bags and hidden in a hollow tree
A man was arrested Sunday at the home where the girl was found and authorities hope he will provide information leading to the others
Under state law, red-light violations captured by camera systems may only be used to impose civil penalties unless a judge issues a court order
Also showed a duffel bag loaded with more than 30 pounds of fake C-4 plastic explosives during the dramatic presentation
Fingerprints of everyone who is booked into jail for any crime will be run against FBI criminal-history records and immigration records to determine who is in the country illegally
Part 1 of 3: Forty people were shot in a span of 59 hours between April 18-20 in 2008; two years later, none have faced charges
More than 600 drug cases have been dismissed
Good old-fashioned police work is being credited for snagging the man accused of trying to detonate a car bomb in Times Square
Hundreds of cases have been dismissed because of mishandling of evidence
A crime lab technician has been charged with stealing cocaine evidence
New handheld cameras pack plenty of features
Cats have been damaging police evidence at the crime lab
Police officers are changing the way they search crime scenes
A sexual assault kit that linked a man to rape, 200 guns, and bags of narcotics were left behind
The SFPD’s drug-lab scandal has caused 180 narcotics cases to be dropped
Break the law and your new ‘friend’ may be the FBI
Both at local and state level, authorities give them higher priority
Hundreds of portrait-style photos found in Rodney Alcala’s storage unit
Authorities are looking into allegations that a lab technician stole cocaine evidence
The investigations of Amber Dubois and Chelsea King were treated very differently
Some items in overflowing evidence rooms go back as far as 15 years
Online evidence gathering can be a simple and effective law enforcement tool
2,500 cases where LEOs used bullet lead analysis need to be reviewed again
Bias may lurk in labs’ ties to small police agencies