The pandemic and current social and economic tensions have transformed the way agencies are policing in the face of growing challenges and rising crime rates.
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Scientists have pioneered a mass spectrometry-based technique for semen detection that can provide more reliable identification for the justice system while placing less stress on the victim.
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Detectives from the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit arrested a 62 year-old Washington man for the April 1993 murder of 15 year-old Melissa Lee.
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Since firearms are involved in many crimes, the Connecticut State Police wanted to also be able to train dogs to detect firearms and gunshot residue after a shot is fired.
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States with the most excess firearm purchases: New Hampshire, Mississippi, Kentucky, Vermont, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Arizona.
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Over the course of 32 years, Minnesota investigators interviewed and collected DNA from more than 100 people but were never able to link anyone to the rape and murder of 38-year-old Nancy Daugherty, a mother, nursing home aide and first responder.
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The permit was granted following an extensive review by NYS DoH of the forensic validation results for Snapshot's procedures.
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Equipped with naloxone and a smartphone app, community members can save lives in the fight against America's opioid crisis.
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Self-selection policing (SSP) can be a useful approach to detection as it highlights the extent to which serious offenders also commit less serious, and more easily detected, offences.
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An unrecognizable, almost skeletal individual was found inside of a plastic container that was stowed away inside. It is unclear how long the remains may have been hidden in that location.
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