The dashboard shows the number of assignments completed by each department, the average turnaround time and the current case backlog.
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Fifteen years later, DNA Doe Project produced a lead on the woman within 48 hours and has now positively identified the remains as Ginger Lynn Bibb.
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For the past 10 years, the University of Chicago Crime Lab has worked closely with law enforcement agencies across the country to help integrate data analytics into their decision-making processes. Data analytics training for crime analysts has been a growing part of the work.
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A measure that would stop police from having to destroy seized electronic evidence obtained through a search warrant but not the target of an investigation has unanimously passed the New Mexico Senate.
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Gov. Kristi Noem is asking the nine Native American tribes in South Dakota to enter into law enforcement agreements with the state to better tackle crime and meth on reservations.
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The identification of one of the agency’s most publicized “Jane Doe” homicides finally has been accomplished with the assistance of the DNA Doe Project’s volunteer genealogists and the Oklahoma Medical Examiner’s Office.
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Known as Vacuum Metal Deposition, the technology allows detectives in the Forensic Investigations Unit to retrieve fingerprints from multiple items where there was once a low rate of success.
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Thanks to a medical student, the Mayo Clinic and other medical schools are beginning to integrate the topic of human trafficking into their curriculum.
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The 2021 budget focuses on violent crime and mass violence, the opioid crisis, cybersecurity, and state, local and tribal assistance.
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More than 70 percent of all DNA exoneration cases involved mistaken eyewitness identification.
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