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Articlesby Dave DouglasJune 1, 2004

Bang for the Buck: How to Make Ballistic Gelatin

Research shows that properly calibrated ordnance gelatin is a highly reliable tissue simulant. The ordnance gelatin used by the FBI is mixed in 20-pound blocks using the following recipe.

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Articlesby Bob DavisApril 1, 2004

InfinaDyne CD/DVD Inspector 2.1

Nowadays it's easier to commit a crime with a computer than with a gun.

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Articlesby David SpraggsDecember 1, 2003

Getting Justice for Lisa

When violent crimes are committed in Boulder, they often involve UC students. One such crime was the brutal abduction and gang rape of a young woman that we'll call "Lisa."

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Articlesby David GriffithNovember 1, 2003

How To Investigate Cybercrime

Today and every day, thousands of people worldwide are being victimized by computer crime. That’s why just about every major municipal or county law enforcement agency in the United States now has a new breed of detective: the computer crime or “cybercrime” investigator.

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Articlesby David GriffithOctober 1, 2003

Corruption: Cracking Down on Bad Cops

Not all police misconduct is plastered across national newspapers, but it all has the same results. It erodes the public’s trust in law enforcement and it damages good cops, sometimes destroying their careers.

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Articlesby Devallis RutledgeAugust 1, 2003

Avoiding De Facto Arrests

If police take someone from one location and transport him or her involuntarily to a police facility for investigation, this will be considered a de facto arrest. Without probable cause, that arrest will be unlawful, with predictable consequences for both evidence suppression and civil liability.

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Articlesby Melanie BasichMay 1, 2003

Police Suicide: Cop Killer

Everything has just gone to hell since the internal affairs investigation. And nothing makes sense anymore. So John takes out his off-duty piece, an old wheel gun. He sits down on the bed, puts one in the cylinder, snaps it shut, and stares down at the blued metal machinery in his hand. The world around him is very quiet as he starts to raise the weapon to his head.

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Articlesby David SpraggsMay 1, 2003

How to...Open a Cold Case

A few months ago, newspapers around the country covered the arrest of Gerald Mason for a murder that happened when Dwight D. Eisenhower was in the White House. Mason was rousted out of a comfortable life in South Carolina and charged with killing two police officers in the Los Angeles suburb of El Segundo, Calif. In 1957.

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Articlesby POLICE StaffMay 1, 2003

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.

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Articlesby Dave DouglasApril 1, 2003

Maximum Blitz: Super Bowl Security

Post-9/11 America is a tense place to plan for huge gatherings of football fans in crowded urban areas

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