The College of Policing has published three new research reports examining police interventions designed to reduce violence against women and girls.
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Forensics experts say AI can be deployed similarly to the way other sectors are using it: to try to identify patterns and use predictive models to improve processes and reduce uncertainty.
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After five years, a man whose remains were found in a wooded area in 2020 in Knoxville, Tennessee has been identified as Gerald John Forsman.
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The body was identified as 16-year-old Tamara Gifford of Florida but had relatives who resided in Starke County. Two days later, agency detectives located 17-year-old Christina Hillis, also from Florida, in the general area where Gifford’s body had been located.
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A new study found that youth as young as 15 are using multiple substances combined with opioids, and by age 21, youth opioid overdoses more commonly involve other substances—primarily stimulants—rather than opioids alone.
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Children residing in “very low-opportunity” neighborhoods are up to 20 times more likely to be hospitalized for gun injuries than those living in the most advantaged areas.
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A team has developed a way to create an embedded fingerprint in 3D-printed parts that would withstand the item being broken, allowing authorities to gain information for forensic investigation, such as the identity of the printer or the person who owns it and the time and place of printing.
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After spending the last two years reviewing the cold case murder of a teen, detectives with the Mason County Sheriff’s Office (Michigan) gathered enough information to make it necessary to exhume the girl’s body in hopes of solving the case.
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Evidence collected from the crime scene was compared with a possible suspect, identified as William Lowery.
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Due to decomposition, the Medical Examiner’s Office listed the cause and manner of death as undetermined.
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