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Sub aids cops in underwater searches

Using the eight-pound unit is “similar to operating a video game.” ...

Will we ever have a true lie detector? Comments

The quest for a method to detect deception has been ongoing for several hundred years. Our tradition of oath-taking in court prior to giving testimony comes from a medieval practice of requiring witnesses ...

3D cameras will clear UK crash sites quicker

Weston and Somerset MercuryAVON AND SOMERSET, United Kingdom — Avon and Somerset police have been awarded a grant of more than £150,000 to purchase 3D cameras that will enable them to clear ...

Police consider $30k drone to take over helicopter work Video

The unit fits inside a suitcase and is expected to aid crash analysts ...

‘Virtual escort’ app to aid campus police Comments

University police are adding an emergency situation mobile application that streams audio and video ...

Fort Hood shooting suspect faces death penalty Comments

The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly Fort Hood rampage will be tried in a military court and face the death penalty ...

Court says in criminal trials, lab analyst must testify to own work Comments

The analyst who testifies must be the one who performed or witnessed the tests ...

Mat-transfer latent fingerprints Comments

A technology developed at Nanjing University in China allows latent fingerprints to be developed in seconds, using only a special mat and hot air. The method was published on March 17 in the technical ...

Tie your shoes... to an investigation

Young detectives tend to be hungry for knowledge and they often look to their senior detectives for advice. Some are lucky enough to have valuable advice shared with them on a regular basis while others ...

Should crime labs be independent of law enforcement?

An Carolina crime lab has come under scrutiny for misrepresenting blood evidence ...

FBI says blood evidence flaws may have led to 3 SC executions Comments

Overstated or falsely reported blood evidence in dozens of cases, including three that ended in executions ...

Calif. chief accused of crime-scene drunkenness Comments

A memo says the Calif. chief contaminated a scene by stepping in blood and placing a coffee cup near unprocessed evidence ...

How to buy video analysis systems

By Tim DeesThe good news is that there are more surveillance cameras than ever before. The bad news is that most of the video from them is crappy. With a good video analysis/forensic system and a reasonably ...

Border agent shoots suspect at international bridge after confrontation Comments

Mexican authorities want an investigation into the 14-year-old boy's death ...

How to buy metal detectors

By Tim DeesMetal detectors are commonplace items in our society, as institutions have a greater fear of the threat of terrorism and workplace violence. They range from the large walk-through metal detectors ...

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How to buy police biometrics products

By Thomas Bush III, Strategic Advisor for BIO-key InternationalIntroduction Wikipedia defines biometrics as “methods for uniquely recognizing humans based upon one or more intrinsic physical or behavioral ...

Guidance Software releases new version of EnCase Portable

By Scott M. Bruner PoliceOne Product EditorEnCase Portable is a USB drive that is able to search target computers for a wide range of forensic data and then transfer that information to any other machine. ...

FLIR's H-Series Thermal Imagers offer high resolution for low price

By Scott M. Bruner PoliceOne Product EditorFLIR Systems, a Portland, Ore.-based company, released a series of handheld thermal imagers last year that have turned out to be a very popular product in the ...

VideoFOCUS offers comprehensive video forensics package

By Scott M. Bruner PoliceOne Product EditorSalient Stills didn't get started working their video capture systems for law enforcement, but it's where they’ve been able to find a very lucrative – ...