Kentucky County Gets Grant for Squad Car Laptops
Local law enforcement agencies in Oldham County, Ky. will share a U.S. Department of Homeland Security grant of nearly $140,000 for high-tech equipment, including squad car laptops. Thirteen laptops will be distributed to the Oldham County Sheriff's Department, La Grange Police Department and the Oldham County Police Department.
Melissa Gagliardi, "Laptops among new law gear," The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), 2 May 2007: 13G
DNA Cold Hit Solves Alaska Murder
A DNA cold hit has linked a former Anchorage man, currently in prison in New Hampshire for a series of armed robberies, with the rape and murder of an 18-year-old college student in Alaska in 1994. The match was made once the inmate's DNA into CODIS by New Hampshire law enforcement officials in Nov. 2006.
Megan Holland, "DNA Database connects man held outside to 1994 slaying of Anchorage teen," Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News, 1 May 2007: A1
Arizona Database to Fight Meth Crime
Funded by a $60,000 federal grant channeled through the Arizona HIDTA program, the Maricopa County Meth Task Force is building a state database to track sales of over-the-counter medicines containing pseudoephedrine, a main ingredient in manufacturing illegal methamphetamine. The Arizona database, expected to be up and running by midsummer, is modeled after a successful system run by the Tennessee Methamphetamine Task Force, which has identified 135 leads since it was created in the summer of 2005.
Chris Casacchia, "State database to fight meth production," Phoenix (Ariz.) Business Journal, 30 April 2007
DNA Cold Hit Solves Oklahoma Murder
The FBI laboratory's CODIS database has linked an Oklahoma prison inmate serving a sentence for multiple felonies to the June 2004 stabbing death of a woman at a Tulsa business. The inmate's DNA profile was entered in CODIS following his 2005 conviction in Creek County, Okla.
Nicole Marshall, "DNA links inmate to fatal 2004 stabbing," Tulsa (Okla.) World, 4 May 2007: A9
Field Testing of Whatcom Exchange Network to Commence Shortly
Field testing of the Whatcom Exchange Network, a new law enforcement information sharing computer system, is expected to begin within the next few weeks. The multimillion-dollar information portal will offer mug shots and other criminal records from participating departments to police officers throughout Whatcom County, Wash.
Sam Taylor, "Law agencies boost data exchange; Computer system to allow police to share information right away," The Bellingham (Wash.) Herald, 4 May 2007: 1B
