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Hazardous Materials Evidence Collection: Crime Scene Procedures Protect Response Force, Preserve Evidence
The crime scenes of today are making evidence collection more difficult with the potential recovery of chemicals, explosives, biological or radiological materials. These aspects make it even more paramount to follow procedures to ensure safety of on-scene personnel and successful prosecution of criminals.
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FORENSIC NEWS
  • Ruling Allowing Taser Use to Get DNA May Be Nation’s First
    A New York State county judge has ruled that it is legally permissible for police to zap a suspect with a Taser to obtain a DNA sample, as long as it’s not done “maliciously, or to an excessive extent, or with resulting injury,” in what is probably the first case of its kind in the country.
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  • Computer Used Against Domestic Violence Offenders
    Those involved with helping victims of domestic violence have a new tool—a computerized Forensic Recovery of Evidence Device. The device, dubbed F.R.E.D., can be used to extract and store information from computers, cell phones, MP3 players, and other storage devices.
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  • Tougher Drunken-Driving Laws Would Cost Millions
    Wisconsin legislators have been warned that tougher drunken-driving laws that result in more felony charges would cost the criminal justice system millions of dollars—to hire judges, district attorneys and more Crime Lab workers who read blood tests.
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  • Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County Morgue Move Helps it Keep Pace
    The Allegheny County morgue will be moving this month from its home in downtown Pittsburgh to a more spacious location. In a new $24 million building, the medical examiner's crime lab and morgue, housed together for the first time, will have the space workers need to keep pace with light-speed changes in modern forensic technology.
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  • New Director for Montana Meth Project
    Bill Slaughter, with a career in law enforcement spanning more than three decades, recently assumed the role as executive director of the Montana Meth Project. He’ll be taking the position over from Peg Shea, the project's original director. The prevention program is best known for its gritty, anti-meth reality advertising campaigns.
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  • Also in the News
    NYPD Looking At Futuristic Weapons Technology
    Oklahoma Joins the DNA Database Controversy
    David Carradine's Family Protests Publication of Death Scene Photo
    Forensic Pathways Announces Half Million Pound R&D Investment
    Taser To Launch Video-Software System

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