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Inside the Badge by Dean ScovilleNovember 25, 2009

It's Your Crime Scene; Protect It

Often, this last line of defense is made with little more than some flimsy yellow tape separating your victim from his friends, family, and grandstanding looky-loos trying to make a name for themselves.

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ProductsMay 1, 2009

VideoFOCUS Pro v3.0

VideoFOCUS Pro v3.0 from Salient Stills captures, edits, and exports audio within video files, providing a critical audio complement to video surveillance. Most significantly, this upgrade adds multiple video and image filters, rapid editing of video files, and audit trails, further assisting law enforcement and government agencies conducting crime scene processing.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 30, 2009

NYPD Offers Reward for Info On Murder of CSI

Michelle Lee, 24, was bound to her bed in her Sunnyside, Queens, apartment, the cord of a cell phone charger wrapped around her neck and a knife buried in her throat.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 12, 2009

Texas Officer Killed by Fleeing Vehicle During Vehicle Pursuit

A 20-year Corpus Christi Police Department veteran likely was setting out spikes to flatten the tires of a fleeing vehicle when it struck and killed him early Wednesday, police said. Patrol Lt. Stuart Alexander was hit by an SUV about 12:10 a.m. in a grassy median along North Padre Island Drive between Bates and Agnes streets.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 19, 2009

Call For Forensics Overhaul Linked To "CSI" Effect

Millions of people watch CBS's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation every week. But forensic evidence isn't nearly as ironclad as it appears on television. In fact, according to a study released Wednesday by the National Academy of Sciences, the nation's crime labs need a total overhaul.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 22, 2008

Blood from Mosquito Traps Finnish Suspect

Police in Finland believe they have caught a car-thief thanks to a DNA sample taken from a sample of his blood found inside a mosquito.

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Articlesby David SpraggsDecember 1, 2008

Just a Touch: Using Touch DNA Evidence

Amazing. This unknown suspect left behind enough DNA from just briefly touching the sides of the victim's underwear to provide a statistically significant partial DNA profile.

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ProductsOctober 1, 2008

Crash Zone and Crime Zone

Version 8 of CAD Zone’s Crash Zone and Crime Zone program includes new and improved features users have requested, like new animation tools, a new 3D body poser, skid analysis and momentum calculation tools, a 3D stair builder, and a vehicle database. You can also quickly create a movie based on the accurate data you measure at the site.

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ProductsOctober 1, 2008

Legal Software

SmartDraw.com has just released SmartDraw Legal Edition 2009, containing enhanced functionality and exclusive new features that help law enforcement professionals create high-impact legal graphics such as timelines, crime scene diagrams, trial graphics, accident reconstruction, evidence and flowcharts, and more in a matter of minutes.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 31, 2008

Popularity of CSI Shows Helping Crime Labs Gain Funding

The very shows that have inflated juries' expectations for swift justice have helped attract the resources needed to modernize crime scene units—they're getting more high-tech equipment and anchoring their staffs with career-oriented specialists. Dallas is about to hire a civilian scientist to head up its crime scene response section for the first time.

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