How to Build a Better Ballistics Analysis Strategy
Three key components every law enforcement agency needs to ensure a successful workflow, identify and apprehend suspects, and prevent the next shooting.
One of the biggest challenges currently facing law enforcement is the continuing epidemic of gun violence afflicting many communities across our country. Gun crime impacts almost every major city in the United States. Unfortunately, as of late, it seems to be permeating more and more of the surrounding suburban and rural areas of those cities.
Urban police departments are struggling to keep pace with rising levels of gun crime, focusing their strained resources to address systemic violence associated with feuding drug gangs or criminal organizations battling over turf. While, in many instances, the availability of illegal firearms in the hands of violent criminals continues to fuel the surge in gun violence across neighborhoods in so many of our communities.