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2020 Officer-Involved Shooting

2020 Officer-Involved Shootings

2020 Officer-Involved Shootings By: Joseph Giacalone 2020 Officer-Involved Shootings for 2020 have been calculated by the Washington Post. There were 1,003 total shootings, the largest number by four incidents since they started tracking them in 2015.  Today, local politicians worry more about an officer-involved shooting than balancing their budgets. If you didn’t know better, one would think that ...
Jumpstart the Cold Case Files

Jumpstart the Cold Case Files

Jumpstart the Cold Case Files By: Joseph Giacalone Jumpstart the Cold Case files now! Homicide clearance rates continue to fall and violent crimes continues to rise in the United States. Now, more than ever, a focus on who is wanted for murder becomes an important task that may lead to a reduction in violence. Violence often begets ...
Time of Death

Recording the Time of Death

Caveats of Death Investigations: Recording the Time of Death By: Joseph Giacalone Recording the time of death can often be a tricky situation for investigators. There are a number of things that are out of the investigator's control, Time of Death (TOD) is only one of them. The golden rule for death investigations is to treat every one ...