Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The Akans have a saying “nipa ye adea, ose ayeyi” to wit “give credit where credit is due.” This clearly was the motivation and reason behind the extension of commendation to Information Technology [IT] firm, Subah Info Solutions through whose deployment…
New technique could ID hair dye at crime scenes
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Criminals with a penchant for dyeing their hair could soon pay for their vanity. Scientists at Northwestern University have found a way to analyze hair samples at crime scenes to rapidly determine whether it was colored and what brand of dye…
Fighting crime and disease, one lab sample at a time
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Myron Sasser describes his Newark-based company as a simple toolmaker. Except the tools developed by MIDI Inc. over the last 28 years have been used to stem the tide of hospital-based infections and tuberculosis, improve agricultural production around the world, identify…
Crime inquiry to go ‘beyond bikies’
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A royal commission into organised crime in Queensland will be much broader than just covering bikies, the attorney-general says. Yvette D’Ath says the new Labor government’s top legal priorities will be holding the inquiry into organised crime and having a high-level…
Rural crime forum highlights illegal pig hunting problem
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans At a rural crime forum in Gunnedah, primary producers voiced their concerns to police. Farmer Peter Middlebrook said he had tried to confront the hunters, who often steal diesel and vandalise fences and tanks. He said not enough was being done…
Meeting Will Talk Superior Crime Stats
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans SUPERIOR, WI (KDAL) – Superior Police are hosting a public meeting Thursday evening on 2014 crime statistics. The S-P-D will bring in speakers from the Lake Superior Forensic Technology Task Force and the Northwest Area Crime Unit. Other topics are expected…
Crime in a time of connectivity
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Is Silicon Valley’s ‘Just ship it’ mentality flawed? Are consumers of technology armed with enough knowledge in order to protect themselves from cyber crime? Marc Goodman, a former visiting fellow at the University of Toronto’s Canada Centre for Global Security Studies…
Serious crime on CTA falls to 4-year low, Emanuel says
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Serious crime on the Chicago Transit Authority fell to the lowest level in four years in 2014, officials said Tuesday. A one-year, 26 percent drop in serious crime came after the CTA added thousands of security cameras to its rail fleet…
As Jamaica Prepares to Begin Using Drones to Fight Crime, Concerns Emerge Over Human Rights
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans As Jamaica gets ready to use drone technology in its crime fighting, the United States has announced new guidelines governing the use of the technology that could influence Jamaica’s approach. Last week, the Jamaica Constabulary Force outlined its timetable for the…
James Bond style technology helps farmers to crack crime
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Intelligent Band uses a sophisticated computerised code to personalise a vehicle to its owner, preventing thieves from ‘hot-wiring’ tractors, quad bikes, and other agricultural vehicles. It means that vehicles protected by the system can only be operated by the holder of…