Criminal Investigation Department

believe this will greatly improve investigations both initially and more importantly long term. This change in the procedure allows for two (2) detectives to be fully active at the onset of the investigation, while the 3rd partner handles the processing of the crime scene. While it is not necessary for all three (3) detectives to be present at each step of the investigation, all three (3) should remain active and knowledgeable of the status of the investigation. This should provide for…

The New York University Tandon School of Engineering, is the second most seasoned private designing and innovation school in the United States. The school goes back to 1854 when its forerunner establishments, the University of the City of New York School of Civil Engineering and Architecture and the Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute, were established. The school's fundamental grounds is in Brooklyn's MetroTech Center, a urban scholarly mechanical exploration park. History On May…

It has been weeks since authorities have arrested and charged one Leslie Merritt Jr. in connection with the shooting spree that took place along a large section of the I-10 in Phoenix about a month ago. Merritt Jr., of Glendale, was arrested outside of a Walmart on Sept. 18 has been indicted by a grand jury and arraigned on 15 charges after his High Point 9mm semi-automatic handgun was forensically linked to four of the 11 highway shootings, and is currently being held on a $1 million bond…

and the fire department was barely staffed. Nine of the ten children were at home. Five of the children went to bed upstairs in the attic. The mother woke up at one A.M. to a bang on the roof, and she awoke at one thirty to the smell of smoke. The father, mother, the two eldest sons, and the youngest daughter. The family watched in horror as they assume the fire was burning five of their dear kin. The fire department did not arrive until eight A.M. and did only a two hour investigation. The fire…

Criminal Profiling White Paper Ali Wiethe University of Dayton  According to Kocsis (2010), criminal profiling is defined as “A forensic technique which seeks to provide investigative agencies with specific information which will help focus attention to individuals with personality traits that parallel traits of other perpetrators who have committed similar other offenses.” Through this definition, it is believed that profiling will help law enforcement officers pursue and interview suspects,…

Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts’ (Holmes, 2009). Criminal Investigation is a very critical aspect of the Justice System and the wider society in general. For a number of years now, the international media have been criticizing severely the handling of criminal investigations. Some of the issues that have been highlighted are flawed police investigations, which has led to miscarriages of justice (Rossmo, 2009). In these contexts, police…

Not all crimes have to be solved with a detective’s investigations and a policemen’s wit when you can access the plane of the supernatural! In some cases, the authorities can find themselves in a pickle or a stumpy dead end. When they seek aid, sometimes it is in places that can make one extremely skeptical. The aid of a psychic. Those who say that they are psychic claim they can see, hear, or have visions of the unknown. They could be extremely empathetic to the point of feeling past-felt…

Confessions are one of the most damning types of evidence in criminal trials. While convictions cannot be based on confessions alone, they are still relied on in litigation (Schwartzbach, 2016). Not all confessions are true, however, even if a person remembers committing the crime. Julia Shaw and Stephen Porter published a study in 2015 that examined the general hypothesis: It is possible to create a false memory of committing a crime. They used a sample of 60 undergraduate students to test the…

Interview of David Smith, CID Special Agent On August 26, 2016 an interview was conducted with Special Agent David R. Smith, at his office located at the Redstone Criminal Investigations Command, Bldg. 3623, Gray Road, Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. Special Agent Smith provided the following information. David Smith joined the US Army in 1997 and spent his first 8 years in the military working Psychological Operations (PSYOP) as an Arabic linguist. He applied to and was selected to attend the…

During the investigation he had been interviewed my homicide detectives that were in charge of the murder investigation. Interviewing is a fundamental skill that all members in justice related professions must be equipped with. Knowing how to effectively interview a victim or offender in a criminal case can go a long way. It can help establish important details that have occurred through the case and help law enforcement establish a modus operandi for the offenders. In any criminal investigation…