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Cyan Forensics Secures Further Funding for Next Stage
Cyan Forensics has secured a further £1.3m from a consortium of investors. The funding, which has come from Triple Point Investment Management, Mercia, SIS Ventures, the Scottish Investment Bank and private investors, will support Cyan Forensics’ expansion and targeting of new markets in Northern ... read more
How Well Do Police Officers Recognize Digital Evidence?
In today’s criminal justice system, a Play Station and iPhone are just as important pieces of evidence as eyewitness accounts. Yet, there isn’t a strong understanding as to how police officers identify digital evidence – everything from a laptop to a smart television – in the field. read more
Study Is First to Definitively Map Early Development of PTSD
A new study both offers new clues on identifying potential PTSD candidates among the population of trauma sufferers and suggests potential interventions that could prevent its development. read more
50 Bodies Among Remains Found at Farm in Mexico
Human remains discovered last month at a farm outside the city of Guadalajara have been confirmed as belonging to at least 50 people, authorities in Mexico's west-central state of Jalisco reported. read more
Real-time Crime Centers Can Reduce Crime by 40 Percent
Almost two years after launch, and one year after an expansion, a recent study by RAND Corporation quantifies Strategic Decision Support Centers’ positive impact: a 5 to 15 percent average reduction in crime, with some districts reaching up to a 40 percent reduction in certain illicit actions. read more
Imaging of Veterans’ Brains Suggests Sub-types of Gulf War Illness
Researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging to show that, based on physiological changes in the brain, GWI patients can actually be characterized into two distinct groups. read more
Study: Information Technology Can Save Police Lives
New research has found that the use of information technology by law enforcement agencies can significantly cut the number of police killed or injured in the line of duty, reducing violence as much as 50 percent. read more
GEDmatch Partners With Genomics Firm Verogen
GEDmatch, a pioneer in consumer genealogy, announced it has joined with forensic genomics firm Verogen, Inc., in a move that allows the company to ensure ongoing privacy protections and enhance the customer experience for users of its website. read more
Oxygen Forensics Releases Integration to Categorize Images, Unveils Messenger Cloud Extraction
Oxygen Forensics has released Oxygen Forensic Detective 12.0. Powered by JetEngine, it brings image categorization and grouping, allowing investigators to use AI to sort and categorize images into twelve categories, including drugs, weapons, alcohol, and nudity, to more quickly find pertinent images... read more
Accidental Shootings by Police Expose Training Shortfalls
Accidental shootings by law enforcement have happened in recent years at agencies small and large and at all levels — city, county, state and federal — across the U.S., an Associated Press investigation has found. read more
Coalition to Build Nation’s First Nonprofit Forensic Lab
Come April 2020, there will be another choice of forensic laboratory—one that is unique in its goals, mission and business model. The Utah Cold Case Coalition announced last month it is building the first nonprofit forensic lab in the nation. read more
Studies Suggest Strategies to Lower Risk for Violent Crime, Gun Violence
With violent crimes and gun violence rising annually and the number of gun deaths in the U.S. surpassing all other nations, researchers at the annual meeting of The Society for Risk Analysis present a series of studies that contribute several new frameworks that can be used toward improving laws, ... read more
Virtual Reality Illuminates the Power of Opioid-associated Memories
The number of drug overdose deaths in the US has never been higher. Most of those deaths--68 percent in 2017--have involved opioids. An estimated 10 million Americans aged 12 and older misused opioids in 2018. Insights from virtual reality experiments could help break the cycle of addiction read more
Maryland Announces Nationwide FBI Tipline for Info on MS-13 Gang
Maryland is the first District to announce the new nationwide FBI tipline, 1-866-STP-MS13 (1-866-787-6713), to gather information about the criminal activities of the MS-13 gang. read more
Texas Launches First Mass Fatality Response Team
After 22 people were killed at a WalMart in El Paso, Texas, forensic experts hactched an idea: create a Texas Mass Fatality Operations Response Team that could be an around-the-clock response asset for death investigations and forensic support. read more