Search: Page 66

1,284 Results
Type: News
Section: Investigations
Special Units
Fixing Mexico's Police Becomes a Priority
The lie-detector team brought in by Mexico's top cop was supposed to help clean up the country's long-troubled police. There was just one problem: Most of its members themselves didn't pass, and a supervisor was rigging results to make sure others did.
November 16, 2009
Technology
ForensicSoft Releases Updated SAFE Computer Forensic Software
SAFE is a write-blocked Windows forensic boot platform that helps computer forensic experts "confidently acquire, preview and analyze digital evidence to be presented in a court of law," according to the company.
November 11, 2009
Patrol
Seattle Police Link DNA, Ballistics To Cop Killer
Seattle police have linked DNA and ballistic evidence found at the scene where Officer Tim Brenton was killed and his partner was injured in an ambush-style shooting to Christopher Montfort, SeattlePI.com reports.
November 8, 2009
Patrol
Would-Be Colorado Cop Killer Suspected of New Mexico Serial Rapes
Investigators have used DNA evidence to link a man accused of trying to kill a Pueblo, Colo., police officer and his family last month to the series of "Ether Man" rapes spanning two decades in New Mexico and Texas.
November 2, 2009
Patrol
Police Arrest Rapist, Find Six Decomposed Bodies In Cleveland Home
A neighbor of Anthony Sowell, 50, also has told the New York Times that police knew about Sowell's violent tendencies and didn't do enough to stop his violent crimes.
November 1, 2009
Patrol
Police Nab Poster of "Sex For Phillies Tickets" Craiglist Ad
Susan Finkelstein, 43, was nabbed in the sting, but will not serve any jail time, since no money was exchanged. The offer isn't considered illegal for that reason.
October 27, 2009
Special Units
90 Arrested in Dallas Drug Bust Tied to 'La Familia' Cartel
Federal and local authorities early Wednesday arrested 90 people in Dallas as part of a nationwide methamphetamine drug distribution bust tied to the notorious "La Familia" drug cartel.
October 21, 2009
Special Units
Probe of Mexican Drug Cartel Leads to Nearly 1,200 Arrests in U.S.
In a series of recent raids throughout the United States, federal authorities have arrested nearly 1,200 people who they say are connected to one of Mexico's most aggressively expanding and deadly drug trafficking cartels, known as La Familia Michoacana, law enforcement officials told The Times' Washington bureau.
October 21, 2009
Special Units
Norte Valle Cartel Kingpin Heads to Prison For 45 Years
A U.S. district judge sentenced the Colombian drug kingpin and former FBI top ten fugitive Diego Montoya Sanchez to a 45-year prison term. Montoya Sanchez, whose alias was "Don Diego," had entered a guilty plea to murder and cocaine trafficking.
October 20, 2009
Patrol
Man Kills Girlfriend, Drives Her Body to Sheriff Substation
Guillermo Marinero allegedly strangled his girlfriend, then drove her body to a local sheriff's substation, the Los Angeles Times reports.
October 18, 2009
Technology
Forensic Scientists Link Suspect's DNA to Dallas Rape in 'Shotgun Bandit' Trial
The prosecution introduced two forensic scientists who testified about DNA they said linked Ledbetter to the 2006 rape in Far North Dallas. Defense attorneys attempted to undermine the scientific evidence, asking if another lab might have come up with a different conclusion.
October 14, 2009
Special Units
Man Arrested In RV After 8-Hour Standoff
The wife of the suspect told police their two children (ages 9 and 12) may be with the man. Police were not able to convince the man to surrender, despite phone calls, public-address messages and flash-bang grenades.
October 11, 2009
Patrol
Dallas Police Find 2,000 Case Files in Detective's Garage
The Dallas Police Department is now sorting through sheaves of paperwork from the files of about 2,000 family violence cases that were found in a detective's garage, DallasNews.com reports.
October 11, 2009
Patrol
Families Show Solidarity For Ambushed Winston-Salem Officers
Families and the police chief of the two Winston-Salem police officers who were ambushed at a Bojangles restaurant on Wednesday by an armed gunman kept a vigil for the men, one of whom was gravely injured when he was shot in the face, the Winston-Salem Journal reports.
October 7, 2009
Patrol
Birmingham Chief Says Officers Made Proper Decision Not To Arrest Tigers' Cabrera
Birmingham police officers who released drunken Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera, following a domestic violence call, followed department policy by not arresting the ballplayer, according to Chief Richard Patterson, the Detroit Free Press reports.
October 6, 2009
Technology
LAPD Cuts DNA Evidence Backlog
A year ago, amid increasing community pressure, the department acknowledged that nearly 7,500 evidence kits from victims of those sex crimes were languishing in storage freezers without having been analyzed.
October 4, 2009
Technology
Panasonic Introduces Toughbook Arbitrator 360° In-Car Video System
Panasonic Computer Solutions Company has announced the launch of the Toughbook Arbitrator 360° in-car digital video system, which can support up to six cameras in one law enforcement vehicle for comprehensive evidence capture.
September 29, 2009
Panasonic Arb 360 Web 1
Patrol
Phoenix Crime Scene Unit Now Accredited
Phoenix became the only municipal police department in the country - and one of nine agencies in the world - to have its mobile crime-scene specialists accredited by the same agency that lends credibility to crime labs. The hope is that the designation will help the department maintain consistent investigative standards in an era of rising public interest.
September 23, 2009
http://www.flickr.com/photos/freefoto/ / CC BY-NC 2.0
Previous Page
Page 66 of 72
Next Page