Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
Increasingly, prosecutors are relying on high-tech gadgets to give them an edge against bad guys who brazenly kill, stab and rob in the dead of night when witnesses are nowhere to be found. Surveillance video, cellphone tracking, cellphone record investigations and ShotSpotter, a gunshot detection system, have all become important tools for prosecutors, allowing them to identify, track criminals’ whereabouts and build bulletproof cases, according to Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III and Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz. In interviews, they raved about the value of these high-tech tools now at their disposal. Front and center in prosecutors’ toolbox is surveillance video, which is available from public and private sources and actively sought by crime scene investigators, they said. ‘‘It’s a game changer,’’ Quinn said, comparing video surveillance to the instant replay of a suspect’s criminal acts. Quinn and Cruz said it has become such an important feature for them that when they are responding to violent crimes, police and prosecutors knock on doors and approach neighbors and businesses, asking if they have security systems. ‘‘That’s one of the first things they’re looking for — videotape, video surveillance,’’ Quinn said. In the past five years, the prevalence […]
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