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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 16, 2014

Homicide Suspect Located Using Vigilant Solutions Historical LPR Data

Vigilant Solutions announced today that the Sacramento (Calif.) Police Department used its historical license plate reader (LPR) data, available exclusively to law enforcement through Vigilant's LEARN online analytic suite, to locate and apprehend a suspect in a homicide.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 13, 2014

Only 100 Cybercrime Brains Worldwide Says Europol Boss

There are only "around 100" cybercriminal kingpins behind global cybercrime, according to the head of Europol's Cybercrime Centre, Troels Oerting. He says law enforcers needed to target the "rather limited group of good programmers."

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 6, 2014

Minnesota Detectives Find Missing Girls with Digital Forensics

In the case of the missing Andover girls, parents reported their disappearance at 9:36 p.m. Monday. Detective Pat O’Hara searched one of the girl’s iPods found in her room and discovered two weeks of sexually explicit texts with the final text “Be there” received at 8:31 p.m. Monday.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 2, 2014

Cellebrite Releases UFED 4.0

Cellebrite, developer and provider of mobile data forensic solutions, has released the latest version of its award-winning mobile forensics tool -- UFED 4.0. The new version introduces new, time-saving workflow capabilities, including language translation, automated data carving, image capturing, and more.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 1, 2014

Virginia Sheriffs' Offices Searching Cold Cases for Link to Missing UVA Student

Police reveal there may be a new forensic link with the missing UVA student case and other cold cases in Virginia.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 30, 2014

Calif. Governor Vetoes Bill Requiring 'Drone' Warrants

Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill that would have required police to obtain warrants for surveillance by drone, making California the latest state to weigh in on an issue that is dividing lawmakers across the country.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 26, 2014

FBI Blasts Apple, Google for Locking Police Out of phones

“There will come a day when it will matter a great deal to the lives of people . . . that we will be able to gain access” to such devices, Comey told reporters in a briefing. “I want to have that conversation [with companies responsible] before that day comes.”

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 26, 2014

Louisiana Deputy Killed by Fellow Officers During Domestic Dispute

At 50, Lt. Nolan Anderson of LaPlace, La., had spent half his life as a member of the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office. Now, the Louisiana State Police is attempting to piece together the tragic series of events that led the 25-year veteran -- on duty and in uniform at the time -- to be shot and killed by colleagues after authorities say he opened fire on deputies who were responding to reports of a domestic dispute between Anderson and his wife Wednesday afternoon.

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Articlesby Melanie BasichSeptember 19, 2014

Cyber Terrorism: Preventing Online Assault

Hackers constantly target law enforcement. Whatever the intent, with our dependence on technology it's more important than ever that police agencies protect themselves against cyber terrorist attacks.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 19, 2014

Newest Androids to Offer Default Encryption, Blocking Police Searches

The next generation of Google’s Android operating system, due for release next month, will encrypt data by default for the first time, raising yet another barrier to police gaining access to the troves of personal data typically kept on smartphones.

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