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Most police confrontations do not make for pleasant dinnertime viewing, regardless of what tactics are used and regardless of whether the force is justified.
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The tenacity and determination of the homicide investigators paid off, and the killers of Stacey Weinstein were identified and arrested. It was a major coup for Miami-Dade Homicide, and it was also the beginning of Miami-Dade Homicide’s “Pending Case” unit. Later the unit was nicknamed the “Cold Case Squad” by a Miami Herald reporter.
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More than 123,000 hours of FBI audio intercepts that could provide information about terrorist acts have yet to be translated, according to a recently released report.
Read More →A federal judge has ruled unconstitutional a section of the Patriot Act that had allowed the FBI to request businesses’ financial records to investigate terrorism.
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If federal agencies have problems cooperating and sharing information, how can local law enforcement work with them? The answers are certainly not simple, and may depend on just who is doing the answering.
Read More →A conference on digital forensics will focus on using the latest software tools to determine if computer files have been altered, a common problem in searching suspects’ hard drives.
Read More →According to preliminary FBI statistics, violent crimes overall continued to decline in 2003, although there was a slight increase in murder rates.
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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.
Read More →The FBI is warning police to watch for people carrying almanacs because the books could be used for planning terrorist acts.
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Since the majority of OISs are up close and personal, with no cover available, movement becomes an essential element in any gunfight.
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