New Format Available for Law Enforcement Training
Previously available on CD-ROM, Espaņol for Law Enforcement is now available free online from the National Institute of Justice. The exercises guide students through a course that provides them with a working knowledge of the Spanish language and teaches them to apply this knowledge to scenarios that involve interviews, crime scenes, motor vehicles, and domestic violence.
Test Results Available for Hardware Write Block Devices
The National Institute of Justice has released four reports presenting test assertions, environments, and results on two hardware write block devices: FastBloc FE (both USB Interface and FireWire Interface) and Tableau T5 Forensic IDE Bridge (both USB Interface and FireWire Interface). The reports are available online only.
Enhancing Communication and Interoperability in Public Safety
Public Safety Communications and Interoperability, produced by the National Institute of Justice as part of its In Short series, explains the three main barriers to public safety agencies' communications and interoperability: incompatible frequencies, incompatible equipment, and lack of common language. It also outlines steps that can be taken to address these problems.
Portable Guide Targets Online Predators
Use of Computers in the Sexual Exploitation of Children describes the characteristics and methods of sexual predators who use computers to target children, provides best practices for investigations involving computer evidence, and summarizes the legal principles governing the search and seizure of computer systems.
