February 2020

From the Executive Associate Director: HSI’s Use of Advanced Data Analytics to Identify Criminal Networks and Combat Transnational Crime

In the investigative realm of law enforcement, we are often faced with the reality that we are data rich and analytics poor. While collecting data is a valuable and necessary process for any organiza...

Research in Brief

Research in Brief: Three-City Evaluation of Gunshot Detection Technology

Gunshot detection technology (GDT) is a tool used by law enforcement agencies to measure, respond to, and investigate firearm shootings. Since its design, the technology has been rapidly adopted by th...

Terrorism

NYPD Shield and the Global Shield Network

What is NYPD Shield? The Shield Program is the New York Police Department’s (NYPD’s) answer to developing new and lasting partnerships in the fight against terrorism. NYPD Shield is a membership-b...

Mass Casualty Attacks

Prevention, Response, and Investigation of Lone Wolf Incidents: An International Perspective of Two Cases

On December 15, 2014, a gunman took hostages in downtown Sydney, Australia, leading to three deaths and four injuries. At 10:01 p.m. on July 7, 2016, a bombing took place on the 1258 local train of ...

العربية

وجوه في الزحام: الهوية أداةً من أدوات مكافحة الإرهاب

ذات مرة قال المؤلف والكاتب الساخر الشهير مارك توين: «إذا كنت بإزاء قول الحقيقة، فلست مضطرًا إلى تذكر أي شيء». و...

العربية

القائد الفاضل

وشتان ما بين القيادة منصبًا والقيادة واقعًا. ذلك أنه إذا خلت القيادة من حس الفضيلة، صار القائد – على ما يزعم ب�...

العربية

الإرهاب بتقنيات غير مكلفة: تهديدات الهجوم بالمركبات والهجمات المدعومة بالمركبات

لطالما كانت المركبات الكبيرة، وفق ما يعرف خبراء إنفاذ القانون وإقرار الأمن بداهةً، تُشكِّل تهديدًا لما تُمثّ...

Legal

Domestic Violence Court Cases: How Investigators Can Legally Surmount the Obstacle of Absent Victims

An often-frustrating element of domestic violence investigations is the ever-present possibility of witness intimidation. Often a victim in a case will make a full statement to responding officers suf...