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Apple recently banned “DUI Checkpoint” apps from The iTunes App Store. Mind you there is nothing illegal about the apps, and many jurisdictions publish where DUI checkpoints will be setup well in advance. Where I live law enforcement doesn’t use the checkpoint system. Instead they use saturation patrolling methods. As I write this I’m suffering [Continue Reading Apple Bans DUI Checkpoint Apps…]  It makes a lot of sense for there to be a full service crime lab in Detroit. Hopefully the state or the city will find a different organization than Detroit PD to run it — after the fiasco that got the last lab closed. Detroit needs a full-service crime lab. The city generates about one-fifth of [Continue Reading Detroit Needs A Crime Lab…] I was recently made aware of a blog called BulletPath by an Amy Driver. I don’t know Ms Driver, but she certainly has a no nonsense approach to examining the dark underbelly of the accreditation of forensic labs. It’s certainly worth your while to drop by and read BulletPath if you have an interest in the behind the scenes [Continue Reading BulletPath — Interesting Blog on Forensic Science…] Apple iPad forensics revisited. A little over a year ago I made the case as to why the iPad wasn’t cutting it for forensic professionals. Since that post, I’ve had my second Windows Tablet PC die on me. We’re talking two major names in the PC world. Realizing the problem was a combination [Continue Reading Apple iPad Forensics Usability Revisited…] Excellent article echoing a common theme here on Forensic Science News. Take the labs out of the police/prosecutors’ offices. Make them independent. Just like what the NAS report said. Problems with crime labs follow a depressing pattern: a technician makes mistakes or deliberately fudges data. When the errors are eventually discovered, the police and prosecutor [Continue Reading Another Call to Make Crime Labs Independent…] |
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