Since 2018, NIST researcher Jonathan Phillips and his multi-institutional team have been delving into the accuracy of super recognizers, forensic examiners and facial recognition algorithms.
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Twenty-five years ago in October 1995, an 18-year-old female victim was walking in the 8800 block of Indiana Avenue when a stranger attacked her.
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Mental health workers will replace police officers in responding to some 911 calls next year in New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday.
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Philadelphia hospitals saw a drop in overall trauma cases once Pennsylvania enacted a COVID-19-related stay-at-home order in 2020, but gun violence remained a significant problem.
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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) recently received a grant that will help support and empower sexual assault survivors and victims.
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In collaboration with the Maryland State Police, NIST is developing a novel, targeted GC-MS method for drug screening that shows enhanced separation of isomers and increased sensitivity compared with traditional methods.
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Before the fire was fully contained 17 days later, 85 lives had been lost. Conditions had conspired to cause an intensely hot firestorm. Recovery and identifications of the victims proved difficult.
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Remains found during an excavation connected to a cold case in Watertown have been sent to a forensic lab for analysis, according to investigators.
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Imagine you are an officer en route to a critical call for service. You look down for a moment at your mobile data terminal for an important message from dispatch, and immediately return your focus on the road. In that split second, a civilian motorist crosses into your travel lane and forces you to react.
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Family members of Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger Jr. have filed a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Prisons and 30 unnamed employees of the prison system for failing to protect Bulger, who was beaten to death at a West Virginia prison.
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