Latent or hidden fingerprints on guns, knives or shell casings are often the best evidence in court, but getting a clean print is difficult. This new technique enables crime scene investigators to create a negative image of the fingerprint without damaging it.
The Transportation Security Administration is now using dogs to pre-screen passengers, sniffing for explosives before travelers get to the metal detectors and X-ray machines, MSN News reports.
Mistakes in evaluating private screeners' applications have reignited the conversation over whether private screeners can be as efficient as TSA screeners.
In the first six months of this year, Transportation Security Administration screeners found 894 guns on passengers or in their carry-on bags, a 30 percent increase over the same period last year.
Alan Robinson, of Atlantic Health System, was named to the state's task force responsible for setting homeland security and domestic preparedness policy.
The U.S. Park Police is failing to adequately keep track of its firearms, creating an environment in which weapons are vulnerable to theft or misuse, according to a government report.
Slightly more than 190,000 firearms were reported lost or stolen across the country last year, according to a report by the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives.
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