A new study offers compelling evidence for a path forward: procedural justice training for police officers, backed by leadership support, can significantly improve officer behavior and strengthen community trust.
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It is unclear when he died and the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office continues to investigate the cases as a homicide.
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Within six months, the crime lab successfully eliminated a backlog of 898 sexual assault kits.
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The Northern Territory Police Force is encouraging members of the public to consider participating, helping to bring answers to families and giving long-term missing persons a chance at being identified.
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Although forensic scientists who examine evidence are highly skilled and trained, they are subject to the same cognitive shortcomings that all people have.
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Forensic graphology, when executed by trained professionals, functions as a behavioral biometric—a measurable imprint of the mind’s state, comparable in evidentiary value to voice stress analysis and forensic linguistics.
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Given the location of the body and the evidence, Parks is believed to be another victim of serial killer Randy Kraft, also called the Scorecard Killer and the Freeway Killer.
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After nearly five decades of investigation, new developments in the 1975 homicide case of John Curtis Patterson have provided decisive evidence that conclusively links Louis Jess Locicero to the crime.
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After nearly two decades, the remains of a teenager found in 2008 on the Tohono O’odham Nation have been identified as Maria Eluvia Mendez Morales from San Marcos, Guatemala.
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The Bell County Sheriff’s Office will host the instrument and will assist other law enforcement agencies.
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