I’ve been cringing ever since the story broke alleging that the NYPD is basically doing what they can to make their crime stats appear better than they are. Leonard Levitt makes some interesting points about it in his September 6th post on his blog (that link will always take you to the current post so […]

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I wanted to post a link to an article by Kirk Mitchell in The Denver Post titled: Lured by cold cases, retired detectives go back on the beat. The picture below is from the article and the caption reads: Once-retired Lakewood Police Department homicide Detective Alex Jameson stands next to files on 22 cold-case homicides. […]

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Success against homicide in Newark makes detectives’ demotions puzzling, by Joan Whitlow — Friday, June 4th, 2010, The Newark Star-Ledger. “A statue of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan was unveiled at the Essex County court complex yesterday, a long overdue honor for the associate justice who was born and raised in […]

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People often post about a friend or family member who was murdered and then ask for help. All my suggestions for how to proceed are over there on the left under the heading, Getting Help – Contacting a Cold Case Squad. I suggest first reading the document titled Before You Contact a Cold Case Squad […]

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