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Technology
Snapshot DNA Phenotyping Service
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When CODIS fails to find a match, don't let your cases go cold. IACP Booth #303
October 16, 2014
Technology
Maryland State Police Crime Lab Gains International Certification
In 2010, the Maryland State Police Forensic Sciences Division Laboratory received evidence from 19,000 criminal cases to process in the forensic fields of biology, toxicology, trace evidence, latent print/impressions, drug analysis, and firearms/tool marks.
August 14, 2011
Weapons
HIT DNA Lab Awarded ASCLD/LAB International Accreditation
Human Identification Technologies (HIT), a private forensic casework DNA testing and consulting laboratory, has achieved recognition as the first ASCLD/LAB-International accredited DNA laboratory in California.
June 13, 2007
Technology
Gale Force Adds Familial Searching To SmallPond DNA Profile Matching System
Gale Force Software Corp. has rolled out enhancements to its SmallPond DNA-profile matching system, including the ability to perform familial searches based on kinship likelihood ratios.
April 2, 2012
Investigations
Bode Technology Announces Forensic Genealogy Service to LE Agencies
Bode Technology has announced a new forensic genealogy service offering to law enforcement investigators and crime laboratories. Bode's Forensic Genealogy Service (FGS) combines advanced DNA testing and genealogy to develop ancestral relationships between samples and deliver leads to its clients.
February 13, 2019
Technology
RapidHit DNA Profile Identifies Dangerous UK Sex Offender While Suspect in Custody
The RapidHit System from Integenx delivered a stunning arrest in the United Kingdom last week. A suspect was arrested for a minor crime and swabbed for a DNA reference sample while in custody. His DNA profile was generated in less than two hours using the RapidHit System and the suspect's profile immediately matched with a DNA profile recovered from a serious sexual assault case. The suspect pleaded guilty while still in custody.
August 24, 2015
Technology
Rapid DNA Results Uploaded for First Time to UK's National DNA Database
Integenx has announced that a second major national database, The National DNA Database (NDNAD), has had forensic DNA profiles uploaded from the RapidHit System. The NDNAD was established in the United Kingdom in 1995. Currently, more than five million forensic DNA profiles have been uploaded into NDNAD.
August 14, 2015
Technology
Cold Cases: National Databases and Cold Case Investigations
The FBI administers several national databases that have played a critical role in numerous cold case investigations.
April 30, 2003
Technology
FBI Updates DNA Quality Assurance Standards to Now Include Rapid DNA Analysis
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has updated its DNA databasing standards to include an Addendum to the Quality Assurance Standards for DNA Databasing Laboratories performing Rapid DNA analysis and Modified Rapid DNA Analysis Using a Rapid DNA Instrument.
January 16, 2015
Technology
DNA Database Benefits Outweigh Problems
A new law went into effect on Jan. 1 in Michigan. It ordered everyone convicted of a felony or sex-related misdemeanor in Michigan to give authorities a sample of their DNA. This would be very helpful to investigators -- if everything were in place to carry it out.
March 13, 2002
Technology
Just a Touch: Using Touch DNA Evidence
Amazing. This unknown suspect left behind enough DNA from just briefly touching the sides of the victim's underwear to provide a statistically significant partial DNA profile.
November 30, 2008
Patrol
Open Wide and Say, "Ahhh"
Under what circumstances would the Fourth Amendment allow routine collection of DNA samples upon arrest and booking? A recent Supreme Court decision addressed this issue.
August 4, 2013
Training
Busting the Backlog
By establishing new policies for processing rape kit evidence and by adopting victim-centered investigation strategies, departments can close more sexual assault cases.
January 3, 2018
Patrol
DNA Evidence: What Patrol Officers Need to Know
The advent of DNA analysis has revolutionized criminal investigations, and new techniques continue to improve the ways in which it can be used.
February 2, 2011
Technology
The Eliminator: DNA Tech For Detectives
Every investigation is a process of elimination. When a crime has been committed it is an investigator’s job to narrow the field of possible suspects until he or she can build a case against an individual or a group of individuals.
February 28, 2005
Technology
Getting a Clue
Technological advances in instrumentation and equipment let law enforcement continually rethink what is possible when collecting forensic evidence. Utilizing new products and technologies often allows more evidence to be located, identified, and collected.
April 30, 2002
Patrol
Closing the Tantra Lake Rape Case
Like most rape investigations, the Tantra Lake serial rape case began with the terror and tears of a young woman who was being attacked by a man. It ended after years of complex and difficult work by the detectives of the Boulder Police Department.
July 31, 2006
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