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Law enforcement professionals are making a dent in crime through hard work and perseverance. But resources are becoming increasingly scarce and new responsibilities are continually being piled on the ...
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Imagine a detective working a fraud investigation. As a result of a single inquiry into a networked system-connected to local, state, regional, and federal databases-responses are received from the Fe...
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Many police executives operate under the misguided impression that because their agencies are smaller they lack the operational capacity to fully appreciate the benefits of DNA evidence recovery and f...
Terrorism
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On October 1, 2003, President Bush signed the fiscal year 2004 Homeland Security Appropriations Act. Over all, the Homeland Security Department's 2004 funding total is $37.4 billion. Of that total, mo...
Investigations
Authentic Michigan Cigarette Tax Stamps
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Since the dawn of terrorism, procuring finances sufficient to sustain terror operations has been a priority for terrorists. The illicit sale of cigarettes and other commodities by terrorist groups and...
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The reasons for sudden death in custody are multifactoral and complex. Fortunately, careful police work can help mitigate the negative fallout. In this article we describe an investigative protocol fo...
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The mission of the FBI's Law Enforcement Online (LEO) National Alert System (NAS) is to enhance communication, coordination, and cooperation between federal, state, and local government agencies repre...
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Who ever would have imagined a medium being created allowing criminals to roam free anonymously. The Internet has transformed the distribution and manufacturing of child pornography into a high-tech, ...