The San Jose, Calif. Police Department has partnered with video surveillance companies to give police a faster way to find and obtain home-security video from residents who live near a crime scene.

Rapid transit agencies across the U.S. are installing information management systems, video analytics and more to deter and combat crime and terror attacks that can impact millions of riders each day. 

The FBI's face recognition office can now search databases with more than 641 million photos, including 21 state databases, says the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in a recent report. 

A forensic lab in Pennsylvania is using a new Vacuum Metal Deposition, which can reveal latent fingerprints on materials, according to a news report. 

Under the proposal, homeowners can voluntarily register their security cameras for a new police department database, which would theoretically help police solve more crimes promptly. Through the system, police would remotely gain access into participating homeowners’ digital camera feeds.

The crimes encompass everything from buying and selling illegal drugs to bribing government officials, but violent crime remains unsanctioned for informants by the Justice Department. 

$200 million-worth in automobiles, electronics and gold was purchased on some 25,000 fraudulent credit cards in an 18-person crime ring, prosecutors allege.

Shifting gears proved too difficult for two Florida car-jackers, who had to be coached by their victim on how to turn the car on. 

Left alone in a car for 13 minutes, the $400,000 worth of loose diamonds were missing when the visiting wholesaler returned to his vehicle.