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Police save blind UK woman's invisible writing Comments

The Mirror Police forensics experts came to the rescue of a blind author after she wrote the first 26 pages of her debut novel with a pen that didn't have any ink. Trish Vickers, 59, was heartbroken ...

Case study: A PD's social media solution to community relations

The Redwood City Police Department has added Nixle to an already robust social media communications strategy which already includes Facebook, Twitter, and CodeRED. ...

Phila. police now have 24-hour real-time surveillance center

By Allison Steele The Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA — These days, when Philadelphia police officers respond to robberies and shootings, they might learn that video surveillance from the scene ...

FBI seeks to mine Facebook, Twitter to predict future Comments

By Marcus Wohlsen Associated PressSAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. government is seeking software that can mine social media to predict everything from future terrorist attacks to foreign uprisings, according ...

Overwatch awards Excellence in Policing grants to 16 LE agencies

Satellite SpotlightOverwatch, a strategic business of Textron Systems Advanced Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that 16 law enforcement ...

Inmate communications: An investigative resource

Inmate communications are too often underestimated and sometimes overlooked during an investigator’s quest for information. ...

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 ...

McDonald's nabs robbers by spraying them with DNA Video

By PoliceOne Staff SYDNEY, Australia — McDonald's locations in Australia are spraying invisible DNA at suspected robbers to heighten security. A police officer and a chemist in the UK developed ...

Product Review: SilverCloud GPS tracker from LandAirSea Comments

The recent 9-0 Supreme Court decision in U.S. v. Jones undoubtedly creates a Fourth Amendment hurdle for investigations, but that issue notwithstanding, one device merits a look by any agency interested in using GPS tracking technology. ...

What does the Supreme Court decision in U.S. v. Jones mean for investigators? Comments

In a unanimous decision — a somewhat unusual event these days — the United States Supreme Court ruled yesterday that police agencies seeking to use a GPS tracking device on the vehicle of a ...

Database tool seeks to ID unknown dead

By Jim Balloch Knoxville News-SentinelHe was a black man, probably in his 30s or 40s, when someone robbed him of his life - and his name - more than 30 years ago. His body was left in a heavily wooded ...

NC center targets criminals' digital devices

By Cheryl Caswell Charleston Daily Mail HUNTINGTON, N.C. — Digital devices are making life easier for most people — including criminals.But the Marshall University Forensic Science Center is ...

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 ...

Mich. police consider super-smart gunshot sensors Comments

By PoliceOne StaffDETROIT — Police want to install gunshot-recognition technology that within seconds, transmits detailed shooting data to officers and dispatch.Called ShotSpotter Flex, a set of ...

GPS in phone leads cops right to robber Comments

Chicago Sun-TimesEVANSTON, Ill. — Chances are, Larry "Smitty" Cox had no idea one of the cell phones he's accused of stealing from a parked car in Evanston Monday was equipped with a GPS ...

Device finds child porn on WiFi Video

Law enforcement can use the Aircheck to check for online predators ...

Police arrest man for Pentagon bomb scare Video

The suspect's backpack, found outside the Pentagon, contained suspicious materials ...

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 ...

Phone forensics basics and best practices for police investigators

The most successful mobile phone investigations typically combine human investigative expertise with easy-to-use software technology. ...

Shedding light on bloodstains? Comments

If only life was like television. The cast members of CSI enter the crime scene with their gadgets and spray bottles of Luminol, spray a bit onto a surface, and see it glow at the telltale sign of a bloodstain. ...