The plenary brought together the entire life cycle of an evidence-based program from design and initial implementation to evaluation and, eventually, improvements to the program based on the research.
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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.
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Using a deep learning computer model and a dataset containing millions of dashboard camera images from New York City rideshare drivers, Cornell Tech researchers were able to see which neighborhoods had the highest numbers of New York Police Department marked vehicles.
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The study found that police drug seizures were associated with increases in fatal overdose in the surrounding geographic area in the three weeks following enforcement.
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Cecilia Ashe, at the time Inspector of Operations in the Wilmington Police Department, knew her city had already been labeled “Murder Town, USA.”
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Police investigations use wiretapped phone recordings as investigative material fairly regularly. But how do they know that the voice on the recording actually belongs to the suspect?
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Throughout the investigation, the Sheriff’s Office has utilized numerous resources and advanced technologies to assist in identifying the victim.
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The AFP has revealed some of the state-of-the-art technology used to locate the illicit treasure troves of criminals across Australia.
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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.
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Building relationships between tribal and non-tribal law agencies is a key step for addressing high incidence of reported missing persons cases, new study finds.
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The woman in the well. The woman with the flower tattoo. The burned body in the forest. The body in the carpet. The woman by the motorway. These are just a few of the 22 unidentified woman.
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Researchers from Northumbria University have developed new software that will allow police and law enforcement officers to evaluate and improve their interview technique.
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Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a complex model to improve how quickly first responders – such as police and EMTs – reach the scene of vehicle accidents.
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Similar kits are available for free from nonprofit and governmental entities, and claims made by the company about the number of missing children and the effectiveness of such kits are exaggerated.
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Virginia Department of Health’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner released facial approximations of eight skeletal remains found in the Central Virginia region between 1988 and 2020.
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