Just two days after Attorney General William Barr demanded help from Apple and other technology companies to access older model iPhones used by the Naval Air Station Pensacola shooter, Forbes uncovered a search warrant that strongly indicates the FBI already have access to a tool that can extract data from the latest and most secure iPhones.
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The Israel – U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation announced three awards for collaborative projects totaling $2.3 million to develop advanced technologies for the homeland security mission.
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The University of Kentucky recently received $3 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and National Institute on General Medical Sciences to fund new opioid-related research in the criminal justice system.
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Cellebrite has concluded a definitive agreement to acquire BlackBag Technologies, an industry leader in Computer Forensic acquisition and analysis solutions.
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According to a survey of nearly 3,000 gun owners, 40% reported having at least one firearm in their home that was not locked up. The presence of children in the home did not make a difference.
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A newly-passed U.S. law establishes a practice known as “banning the box” as federal policy for hundreds of thousands of public and private jobs.
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The Michigan State Police is aggressively investigating potential fraud committed by contract employees of Datamaster vendor, Intoximeters, and also moving to take all 203 Datamaster DMT evidential breath alcohol testing instruments out of service until MSP can inspect and verify each instrument to ensure it is properly calibrated.
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In a speech on Monday discussing the criminal investigation into the December 2019 shooting at Pensacola Naval Air Station that saw three U.S. Navy sailors killed and eight others injured, Attorney General William Barr blasted Apple for not providing help in gaining access to the perpetrator’s phones.
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New research has found that two factors—an outdoor location and the presence of a weapon—have a significant bearing on the verdict of juries in cases of child stranger rape.
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Marijuana use among college students has been trending upward for years, but in states that have legalized recreational marijuana, use has jumped even higher.
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