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Articlesby David GriffithJuly 14, 2015

Streamlining the Chain of Evidence

CMPD crime scene techs say their work can be very physically demanding and officers often don't realize what is involved. "I don't know how many times I have shown up on a scene and the officers have said to me, 'It's just going to be pictures,'" says Crime Scene Supervisor Roy Patterson. "But it doesn't work like that."

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 14, 2015

Haystax Releases Mobile Field Interview Application for Law Enforcement

The Haystax Mobile Field Interview Application is designed to streamline data entry for law enforcement agencies by providing an end-to-end digital data management system. The new app auto-populates data and finds related cases, providing an enormous time savings.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 13, 2015

Drug Lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman Escapes From Mexico Prison

Drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, Mexico's most powerful drug lord, escaped sometime Saturday night from a maximum-security prison through a sophisticated mile-long clandestine passageway.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 6, 2015

MSAB Introduces New MSAB Kiosk (MK2)

MSAB's new Kiosk is a faster, more powerful digital forensics tool that will support a wide range of investigations and alleviate backlog.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 22, 2015

DNA Ties Escaped Killers to Cabin

An army of law enforcement officers descended on a wooded area 30 miles west of Dannemora, N.Y., Sunday after police confirmed that DNA evidence removed from a hunting camp a day earlier was linked to two murderers on the lam who escaped from prison.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 18, 2015

Ex-U.S. Agent Charged With Bitcoin Theft to Plead Guilty

One of two former U.S. agents charged with pocketing hundreds of thousands of dollars in digital money during the investigation of the illegal Silk Road Internet drug emporium reached a plea agreement with prosecutors.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 11, 2015

All Backlogged San Francisco Rape Kits to be Tested this Year

San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr on Tuesday said the city’s entire backlog of old rape kits has been counted by hand and will be tested by the end of the year with money already in the department’s budget.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 11, 2015

Motorola Solutions, Wynyard Group Partner on Big Data Analysis to Help Solve Crimes Faster

Motorola Solutions is partnering with Wynyard Group to integrate next-generation crime analytics to help law enforcement agencies connect disparate data sources such as criminal history, social media networks, property records, field notes and other types of evidence. The software helps identify criminal patterns and explore relationships by analyzing data in minutes rather than days, freeing up agency resources to investigate leads and solve cases.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 5, 2015

Vigilant's ALPR Data Helps Apprehend Suspect in Underage Sexual Assaults

Vigilant Solutions' LEARN analytic software and commercial license plate reader (LPR) data helped a law enforcement agency locate and apprehend a suspect in multiple sexual assaults against underage victims.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 21, 2015

DNA Left on Pizza Reveals Suspect in Home Invasion Murder of D.C. Family

The break in the case occurred after police matched Wint to DNA on the crust of a pizza found in the home, according to law enforcement officials with knowledge of the investigation.

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