The pandemic and current social and economic tensions have transformed the way agencies are policing in the face of growing challenges and rising crime rates.
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Scientists have pioneered a mass spectrometry-based technique for semen detection that can provide more reliable identification for the justice system while placing less stress on the victim.
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Detectives from the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit arrested a 62 year-old Washington man for the April 1993 murder of 15 year-old Melissa Lee.
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Since firearms are involved in many crimes, the Connecticut State Police wanted to also be able to train dogs to detect firearms and gunshot residue after a shot is fired.
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States with the most excess firearm purchases: New Hampshire, Mississippi, Kentucky, Vermont, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Arizona.
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Even the best of the 89 commercial facial recognition algorithms tested had error rates between 5% and 50% in matching digitally applied face masks with photos of the same person without a mask.
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Detectives used the time during the pandemic-related stay-home orders to pursue many unsolved cases,and the DNA techniques now available may help advance the Baby Boy Doe investigation.
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The Child Trauma Response Team, a police and community-based partnership, demonstrated success at screening and treating children for PTSD immediately following incidents of intimate partner violence.
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The study demonstrated that the M-Vac system is capable of collecting blood on multiple types of challenging surfaces, often with increased collection efficiency over traditional swabbing techniques.
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After a 52-year manhunt, investigative genetic genealogy has helped identify the victim in Orange County’s oldest unsolved Jane Doe murder and find her killer.
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