Showing posts with label crime scene investigator. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crime scene investigator. Show all posts

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Shoe Print Evidence Gets the Google Treatment

A shoeprint etched in blood or dust can make a crucial difference in a criminal case, but it all depends on the ability of human examiners to identify a matching shoeprint pattern from thousands in their databases.

It's a laborious, inefficient task.

That's why University at Buffalo computer scientists are developing tools to make the search-and-match process more like a Google search and less like hunting for a needle in a haystack.


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Tuesday, January 30, 2007

CSI FOR REAL: NAPD crime scene investigator shares his take on the job

The News and Tribune - CSI FOR REAL: NAPD crime scene investigator shares his take on the job: "Sgt. Ken Fudge has been New Albany Police Department’s own crime scene investigator for almost six years.

While he watches the popular CBS hit, ”CSI,” he says the misconceptions portrayed in it have, in part, negatively affected the way people view law enforcement and the judicial system.

As part of The Evening News and The Tribune’s Saturday Q&A series, Fudge sat down to answer some questions."