Investigations
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The BTK investigation in Wichita, Kansas, was a serial homicide investigation spanning decades and presenting extraordinary challenges. The investigation began in the mid-1970s, spanned 30 years, and ...
Education & Training
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Late last year, a brutal Colorado murder case was solved when DNA evidence from the crime scene was found to match an inmate in an Arizona prison. The crime had occurred 27 years earlier; a young girl...
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The U.S. Marshals Service is not only the oldest federal law enforcement entity in the United States but one of the most effective and adaptable....
Investigations
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Two of the more difficult kinds of cases for a criminal investigator to handle are those related to missing persons and those involving unidentified human remains. Not surprisingly, the two often go h...
Chief's Counsel
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Police interrogations, especially those that produce incriminating evidence or even a confession, may need to be recorded in order to withstand increased judicial or legislative scrutiny in the coming...
Investigations
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Modern police work is challenging. Criminals have access to advanced technology and methodologies to make them better able to plan and commit crimes. To match the pace of criminal activity, law enforc...
Investigations
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On Saturday, November 15, 2003, at 5:40 p.m., 20-year veteran Officer Greg Campbell had a plan. He would work for six hours and then take off early to fly to Oakland, California, with his 11-year-old ...
Terrorism
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The constellation of clues and evidence related to criminal activity is often spread across disconnected databases and paper files in thousands of local, state, and federal agencies. In many cases cri...