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The CSI / Forensics topic provides up-to-date information about technology, science, history, law, and strategy of of CSI and Forensics teams. Analyzing soil samples, lifting fingerprints, comparing DNA samples, and other forensics work is not like fictionalized creations on TV and movies.
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LA police arrest man suspected of murders in 1980s

Investigators said the crimes were sexually motivated strangulations - Full Story

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Police: 4 bodies found face-down outside Calif. house

Homicide detectives are investigating the scene after victims were discovered around 4 a.m. - Full Story

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Police departments using new photo lineup approach

Police departments using new photo lineup approach

DALLAS — Frustrated with a string of wrongful convictions, the Dallas police department is now the nation's largest force to use sequential blind photo lineups - a widely praised technique designed to reduce mistakes made by witnesses trying to identify suspects. Dallas is not the first department to use the pioneering method. But experts hope that by using it in the county that leads the nation in exonerating wrongly convicted inmates, Dallas will inspire other departments to follow suit. - Full Story

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Dealing with the odor of decomposing bodies

I responded to a male who died alone in a hotel room and was found by housekeeping after 3 days in a... - Full Story

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On-scene response to crime and accident victims: A practical guide Dr. Laurence Miller - Practical Police Psychology

On-scene response to crime and accident victims: A practical guide

As first responders, it might seem obvious that police officers are in a unique position to help crime... - Full Story

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Unjamming the backlog the Office of Justice Programs' National Institute of Justice (NIJ) - TechBeat

Unjamming the backlog

Between 1977 and 1993, 13 young women were strangled to death in Jackson County, Missouri. Forensic eviden... - Full Story



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Leadership, Technology and Tactics: Themes from the Street Leadership, Technology and Tactics: Themes from the Street
with Lt. Raymond E. Foster, LAPD (ret.)