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Entries from December 2008

Christmas Gift Ideas for the Cop in Your Life

November 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Every year, my wife asks me the one question I try my best to avoid: “What do you want for Christmas?”
I guess I am like most cops.  I like toys, and cop toys are especially fun.  It is hard for most of us to justify our spouses spending the money on gifts for us, so […]

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Tags: General

New Fingerprint Technology for Cartridge Cases and Bullets

November 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

A new technology has been developed in the United Kingdom that would allow police labs to pull finger prints from metallic cartridges, bullets, and even shrapnel from bombs.
Additional information:
Forensic technique ‘among the best’
State-of-the-art forensic techniques to find fingerprints on bullets has been named as one of this year’s top inventions.
Dr John Bond, scientific support manager […]

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Tags: General Investigation Information

House Arrest: Are You Kidding Me?

November 17th, 2008 · 4 Comments

I think every cop knows that ‘house arrest’ is a useless form of punishment/rehabilitation.  The only thing it is good for is allowing the courts to “feel good” about having “done something” to punish a convict without sending them to prison.
Think about it for a second…  A jury has convicted someone for a crime. But, […]

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Tags: Drugs · General