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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 28, 2014

New Iowa Law to Require DNA Samples from Misdemeanants

Beginning July 1, offenders convicted of most aggravated misdemeanors in Iowa's courts will be required to submit a DNA sample. Current law requires felony convicts as well as sexually violent predators and sex offenders to submit DNA samples.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 12, 2013

Ballistics Study Leads to Changes at Federal Agency

A team of researchers led by Sam Houston State University identified a number of areas of improvement in a national database of forensic ballistics evidence used to link guns to violent crimes.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 19, 2013

Ex-Arizona County Commander Indicted on Computer Fraud Charges

A former Maricopa County (Ariz.) Sheriff’s Department commander whose home was raided earlier this year by federal agents was indicted on allegations of computer tampering and illegally accessing a criminal-justice database.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 14, 2013

Lowell PD Secures Access to Criminal Databases with Columbitech Mobile VPN

Columbitech's Mobile Virtual Private Network (VPN) provides a secure link for officers accessing criminal databases and dispatch information via mobile devices.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 7, 2013

NYPD Settles Stop-and-Frisk Database Lawsuit

The NYPD has agreed to stop keeping the names and addresses of people who've been targets of stop-and-frisks, a civil rights group announced Wednesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 12, 2013

Ex-NYPD 'Cannibal Cop' Convicted

A jury has convicted the "cannibal cop," a former NYPD officer who was fired after his wife revealed his macabre plan to kidnap, cook, and eat women.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 9, 2012

iPatrol App Provides Records Queries From the Field

Computer Projects of Illinois, Inc. (CPI) has introduced iPatrol, an enterprise app that allows officers to perform information queries from the field without contacting dispatch.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 8, 2012

Many States Fall Short of Federal Sex Offender Law

Nearly three dozen states have failed to meet conditions of a 2006 federal law that requires them to join a nationwide program to track sex offenders, including Texas and four other states that have completely given up on the effort because of persistent doubts about how it works and how much it costs.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 18, 2011

California's Criminal Database Poorly Maintained

California's criminal records system is so poorly maintained that it routinely fails to alert officials to stop child abusers from working at schools and violent felons from buying guns.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 22, 2010

Sam Houston State Professor to Study National Ballistics Database

A Sam Houston State University criminal justice professor received a grant from the National Institute of Justice to study the use and effectiveness of a national ballistics evidence database.

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