BCI’s crime laboratories in Bowling Green, London and Richfield recently added hardware connected to the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) and are able to accept crime guns and cartridge cases submitted by law enforcement.
read more
A recent study by University of Maryland security experts found that many of the phones sold at police property auction houses are not properly wiped of personal data.
read more
Enhanced human verification techniques and practices will always be required to ensure accuracy and ward off inherent biases.
read more
Southern Methodist University is creating a federally funded data warehouse to centralize data collection and support research into human trafficking in the United States.
read more
Police are hoping new technology will help them solve the case of an 11-year-old boy who went missing in 1991—but that technology is not genetic genealogy. Rather, it’s an artificial intelligence (AI) service.
read more
Solicitors and barristers have reported their use of digital evidence can be restricted by limited or late access, large volumes of material, and tight turnaround times to secure legal aid funding and choose and instruct independent experts.
read more
A group of graduate students were surprised to discover security vulnerabilities in a location-sharing mobile application designed to promote family safety.
read more
Local, state, federal and international law enforcement agencies that reconstruct and analyze digital evidence to solve crimes can use a high-tech toolkit from Purdue University that has been upgraded to be easier and more cost-effective to set up and maintain.
read more
Irfan Ahmed leads computer scientists working to protect nuclear plants and other critical infrastructure—and aiming to apply the methods to other crime.
read more
The District Attorney’s Office will soon be implementing and operating a self-contained digital forensic laboratory conducted by a civilian forensic examiner after receiving more than $497,000 in grant funding from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency.
read more
This sprint was set-up in the framework of Operational Task Force Lotus following an important hit on a human trafficking network within its focus.
read more
Recent estimates suggest there are more than 7.3 million cameras in the UK, which can capture a person up to 70 times per day.
read more
A Rochester Institute of Technology professor is teaming up with the Rochester Police Department (RPD) to use statistical machine learning to analyze body-worn camera footage and help improve police training.
read more
Multi-use forensic laboratories allow multiple specialist disciplines—such as crime scenes and digital forensics—to work on seized exhibits concurrently.
read more
In a major breach of a U.S. Marshals Service computer system this month with ransomware, hackers stole sensitive and personally identifiable data about agency employees and targets of investigations.
read more