Forensic scientists and crime science investigators need to recognize that the traditional traceology approach must be adapted when investigating a scene where a 3D-printed firearm is suspected.
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To thwart increasingly dangerous cyber criminals, law enforcement agents are working to “burn down their infrastructure” and take out the tools that allow them to carry out their devastating attacks, FBI Director Christopher Wray said.
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With Limestone County Sheriff Mike Blakely set to go on trial on felony charges, his attorneys told a judge in a court document filed Friday he was hospitalized and being tested for COVID-19.
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This collaboration allows Innovative Forensic DNA to provide law enforcement and victim advocacy groups the highest quality, cutting-edge lab services in a timely, affordable, and transparent way during the course of investigative genetic genealogy cases.
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The Department of Justice issued a final rule to implement the Attorney General’s authority provided by the bipartisan DNA Fingerprint Act of 2005 to authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to collect DNA samples from certain non-United States persons it detains.
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Forensic lab analysts examine, identify and compare evidence using traditional instrumentation to link suspect, victim and crime scene with physical evidence. The only caveat here is that the victim is an animal, not a human.
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Are our hands as unique as our fingerprints? If so, can that be proven beyond a reasonable doubt? A new program led by forensic anthropologist Dame Sue Black is asking 5,000 citizen scientists to help answer that question by uploading photos of their hands.
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Event attendees listened to talks about forensic dentistry and crime gun intelligence, toured DNA and cadaver labs, spoke with the Phoenix Police Department’s Special Assignments Unit, analyzed blood spatter patterns and more.
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The implementation of California Senate Bill 54– which limits, but does not prohibit, state and local police cooperation with federal immigration authorities– did not cause an increase in crime.
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A growing number of law enforcement agencies want to use Purdue University technology to help them track down cybercriminals with a toolkit that also can help companies stop insider threats and technology-facilitated abuse.
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