The Blotter

“In the street, follow-up is tracking the last lead down the last dark alley until the last crook is locked away. From an upper floor at headquarters, the idea of follow-up only begins with the obligation to ensure that the field commanders ar…

Excited to report that the RF Factor made honorable mention...   From the tantalizing to the practical, these must-listens have something for everyone https://www.police1.com/health-wellness/articles/12-podcasts-every-cop-should-add-…

An excellent example of how the term crime gun intelligence extends beyond the basic crime gun tracing and ballistics analysis processes - Great Job Vermont State Police!   https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Former-CT-doctor-charged-in-2…

Regardless of your age, the name Sherlock Holmes immediately conjures up images of an old-world detective complete with hat and pipe, and a mastery of observation, deduction, forensic science, and logical reasoning. While this fictional character fi…

Mike Sena is one of the central figures involved in developing strategies to protect Americans from the scourge of drugs, street violence, and terrorism, along with an ever evolving assortment of threats that seem to find their way to the local stre…

  For 23 days in October of 2002, the more than five million people living across the region known as the Washington DC Beltway lived in fear for their lives. They had a right to be. Somebody was shooting at them as they went about their dai…

Join Pete and Ray as they interview Toby Muse - author, journalist, and documentary filmmaker, about the forgotten drug. Toby’s work has appeared in major news outlets across the globe. In this episode he talks about his latest book: Kilo i…

Read this news release by the Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office, for the Northern District of Texas. It reports that the game is over for an Amarillo man, a convicted felon named Perkins. He unlawfully possessed firearms and told …

ATF’s NIBIN helps police tie a stolen gun to a deadly 16-month-old block party shooting. The TV news piece link below chronicles new forensic intelligence recently developed about a brazen shooting – during which some 180 shots were fir…

Engine out - the “helo” was going down. The Seal Team remained silent as they plummeted toward their death. In that darkest of hours - seconds really - one exclaimed: At least we won’t have to clean our guns tonight. Laughter broke…