Evidence And Identification

N.Y. New-Gun Database Has Yet to Lead to Prosecution

Posted Sunday, September 28, 2008

DNA on Guns

How do you render the firearm safe and still manage to preserve firearms, latent fingerprint and DNA evidence?

Posted Monday, September 1, 2008

The characteristics by which you recognize people in this way are a form of biometrics--the recognition or identification of someone using persistent information unique to them, and embedded with them. That same system of biometrics allows non-human devices to identify or verify the identity of people, using characteristics that are difficult or impossible to alter.

Posted Saturday, August 30, 2008

Is That Firearm Legal?

Assumptions do not make the grade when determining legality. But the months until the crime lab can process the item and give a definitive report will result in the incident being lost and never filed. How can you determine, at least for probable cause, if any of them are "illegal weapons".

Posted Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Mom of Missing Fla. Girl Released on $500,000 Bail

Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Now Fingerprints Point to More Clues

Posted Sunday, August 10, 2008

Sheriff's Crime Lab Honored

Posted Sunday, August 3, 2008

IBIS Is Not a Bird

The value of IBIS has, nationally, been two-fold. First, it allows the lab to conduct cold searches of evidence, and identify the responsible firearm, an impossibility before cyber-ballistic investigations came along. Secondly, it allows the matching of cases. This provides investigators the knowledge that they are working cases related, if not by shooter, at least by firearm.

Posted Saturday, August 2, 2008

The August 2007 Issue's Online Poll Results:

The August 2007 issue s Online Poll Results: Evidence Gathering & Handling

Posted Thursday, July 10, 2008

Handling Shooting Scenes as a First Responder

Shell casings, shot shell hulls, and projectiles are all capable of telling the firearms examiner a great deal -- the type of firearm, possibly the specific make and model of firearm, and with standards available, identifying the specific firearm. But it may also provide the officer on the street valuable information.

Posted Saturday, July 5, 2008