Margaret White, Author at Police Chief Magazine

Product Update: March 2018

The Police Chief keeps you on the cutting edge of law enforcement technology with monthly product announcements. Items about new or improved products are based on news releases supplied by manufactu...

Index to Advertisers

Index to Advertisers: March 2018

The advertisers in this issue can help equip your department with the most efficient tools available today! Always mention the Police Chief when contacting our advertisers. ATF Police Office...

President's Message

President’s Message: Solving Crimes in the Lab: Understanding the Role of Forensic Science in Policing

Forensic science. The phrase often brings to mind the labs filled with futuristic technology featured on popular television shows like CSI, Bones, NCIS, and other crime dramas, where every fingerpr...

Drugs & Alcohol

U.S. Opioid and Fentanyl Case Occurrence in Crime Labs: A Survey

In August and September 2017, the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD) requested information from crime laboratories across the United States regarding opioids in controlled substanc...

Investigations

Addressing the Complexities of Digital Evidence

As noted in a 2014 Police Chief article, “Assessing the Impact of Digital Evidence on State and Local Policing,” the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) has recognized that stat...

IACP

Investigation of Typed Documents

The principle underlying the identification of typewriting rests on the improbability of two typewriters possessing, in a number of identical type characters, irregularities of an identical nature. Th...

Investigations

Securing a Seat at the Table: How States Support Forensic Science Initiatives

Across the United States, state and local law enforcement agencies face increasing demands to prevent victimization and respond to crimes in their communities. Crime data on specific incidents, as c...

Investigations

The Role of Veterinary Forensics in Animal Cruelty Investigations

Veterinary forensics is a developing field that can assist with animal cruelty investigations. Animal abuse investigations are vital because animal maltreatment is a co-occurring and central aspect of...