The Blotter
RF Factor Episode #11 - Peter Forcelli Released.
Pete Forcelli shares his experiences from that fateful day 20 years ago at Ground Zero along with some personal lessons learned. YouTube https://youtu.be/Ne4KwAPCYhI Audi Podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/1658389/9162104 *** The trag…
The Drive-by at Ashmun and Webster by Pete Gagliardi Foreword: Sometimes the truth is said in jest and sometimes it is masked behind the pretense of fiction. This is a fictional story, in terms of the people and events involved. However, in terms …
Violent gang bangers KO’d by crushing 1-2-3 combination of Teamwork, Tactics, and Technology
Violent gang bangers KO’d by crushing 1-2-3 combination of Teamwork, Tactics, and Technology Read this news release from the Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of South Carolina reporting that three defendants assoc…
In the book, Justice for Dallas written by Mark Rusin and Priscilla Barton, ATF Agent Marko Novak is assigned to investigate one of the most brutal family murder scenes in northern California history. What haunts the young agent most is the way they…
ATF’s NIBIN heats up case against gunman suspected of two murders and string of arsons
ATF’s NIBIN heats up the case against a gunman suspected of two murders and a string of arsons Read this article reporting how forensic ballistics evidence gathered by law enforcement agents across Benton County, Washington, has linked their …
"Justice for Dallas" - by Mark Rusin
Wow! Pete and I just finished recording a podcast with Mark Rusin, former Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Officer and retired ATF Special Agent. He tells the story of a brutal murder investigation involving outlaw motorcycle gangs, a cold case, and fo…
Of Kitchen Strainer Algorithms, Cherrypicked Data, and Ignoring Positive News - repost
Ralph Clark provides an understanding as it relates to his company's (ShotSpotter) gun fire acoustic detection application and the recent negative focus it has received from critics who have not conducted an objective analysis of the tool, its algor…
If the evidence will not come to NIBIN – NIBIN will go to the evidence Watch and listen to this Charlotte news story about the mobility of ATF’s acclaimed National Integrated Ballistics Information Network and its power to help police l…
A CRIME GUN INTELLIGENCE CASE STUDY: ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA
A CRIME GUN INTELLIGENCE CASE STUDY: ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA To further illustrate the way that the layering and leveraging of Crime Gun Intelligence (CGI) can provide crucial information during an investigation, consider this case origi…
Every Jedi Needs a Yoda
It wasn’t the first time I sat in an airport pondering the question of How did I get here? Not how did I arrive on the planet, but how did I get to a place where I would be called upon to speak on a national level on a topic as important as gu…
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