Federal survey indicates hefty DNA test backlog

The Mexican Mafia

In the mid-1950s 13 California Youth Authority (CYA) wards were sent to the Duel Vocational Institute located in Tracy, California. Since the wards were juveniles they were housed in a special section of the adult correc­tions facility.

The Dreaded Report: We Must Do it, So Why Not Get it Write?

"We're not report takers.  We're the police."

Crime mapping training offered to law enforcement

POLICE Magazine Founder Glenn Hare Dies at 68

Mr. Hare took an active interest in both magazines and was pictured on POLICE's June 1991 cover with then President George Bush. Mr. Hare had been "invited to the White House to discuss the Crime Bill and the aftermath of the Rodney King incident," his wife Florence told POLICE.

Automated Palmprint Identification System

NEC Technologies Inc., a leader in Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) technology, featured its new Automated Palmprint Identification System, which can scan a suspect's fingerprints and palmprints. Once a latent palmprint is lifted at a crime scene, it can be scanned and entered into the database for matching.

Police and Probation Officers Create Effective Partnerships

Most police officers have experienced a sense of frustration working within a judicial system that often protects the guilty along with the innocent. And, in many cases, those convicted of crimes or awaiting trail, have more rights than a civilian who has never committed a crime.

Working Gangs From Inside Prison

Approximately 55 officially titled "Security Risk Groups" (SRG) are being tracked at Rikers, including major national gangs such as the Latin Kings, the Bloods, the Crips, and the Neatas. The GIU is also tracking groups that are affiliated with organized crime and narcotics.

The Bias Against Community Oriented Policing

COPPS can generally be described as the reunification of the police and the com­munity they serve. COPPS is meant to be a partnership, a shared responsibility based on trust, to reduce crime, violence and fear in our neighborhoods. To many, it is the changing of policing in America.

Beating the Devil

The term, ritual crime, is often associated with occult religion.  Such crimes may include: graffiti, animal mutilations, kidnap, substance abuse, sexual abuse, child molestation, grave-site desecration and murder.