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Investigating Twitter: Mining social media for intel Expert Analysis

What are some social media best practices in the area of crime prevention, investigation, and enforcement? ...

IACP 2012 video interview: LexisNexis Accurint Mobile Video

During IACP 2012 in San Diego, I connected briefly with Bill Hatfield of LexisNexis, who had some new information to share about how officers can connect to myriad public safety databases via consumer-grade ...

Ky. police find woman scalped, other clues scant Comments

By Brett Barrouquere Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Using the forensic science mimicked on television crime dramas, investigators in Kentucky revealed evidence of a gruesome crime: A woman shot ...

Police chiefs issue rules for UAV flights Comments

Code of conduct aims to quell issues of privacy raised by concerned citizens ...

Video: 3-D software recreates Aurora theater shooting Video

By PoliceOne Staff A 3-D animation of the Aurora, Colo., shooting scene where 12 people were killed could help build a case against the alleged gunman, experts say. After receiving a request from CBS News, ...

In cities across the country, fleets of cars drive predetermined routes through high-traffic business and residential neighborhoods, where they scan and photograph license plates for PlateNet, an online ...

SF police get 'Bat Computer' Comments

By PoliceOne Staff SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco police will be using a new tablet app that lets officers scan plates, upload photos, dictate reports and pin locations in real-time to better predict ...

Database helps cops searching for identities

By Michelle Tuccitto Sullo New Haven Register MERIDEN — A nationwide database has provided solid leads to the possible identity of a man killed on Interstate 91 here in 2008, according to police. ...

Hyperlocal mobile alert app for police Video

Using industry-leading geo-fencing and geo-targeting, mobile alerts to citizens can become more accurate, more relevant, more meaningful, and more actionable. ...

Plate scanners raise privacy fears Comments

By Sarah Burge The Press Enterprise RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Police departments across the Inland area have embraced a new technology that helps officers on patrol to locate stolen cars, felony suspects ...

Scotland Yard deploys handheld fingerprint devices Comments

Associated Press LONDON — Scotland Yard says it's equipping its police officers with handheld fingerprint devices, something the force says will help identify suspects in a matter of seconds. ...

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. ...