Davenport PD has a new tool to connect the dots between gun-related crimes

[Yosemite Sam]

Davenport PD has a new tool to connect the dots between gun-related crimes

 

[rep308]

Dan Wesson revolvers with multiple barrels solves that problem.....

 

[greencobra]

Dan Wesson revolvers with multiple barrels solves that problem.....

well, no. in this case they're talking about the fired case if i read it right.

 

[MAGA99]

Too bad it’s so tough to change a firing pin and extractor.....

And what about rounds that have been chambered in multiple firearms???!

 

[Dennis in MA]

Uhhhh, how is this new???

I tend to use my NOGGIN. National Omnibus Gun Grabber Identification Network.

 

[strangenh]

States formerly maintaining such fired case databases have shut them down as the cost vastly exceeded the utility. In MD's case, I believe they stated zero crimes had been solved through its use (one source says one case, but not really "solved" so much as it was persuasive to a jury).

Maryland scraps gun "fingerprint" database after 15 failed years

 

[robjax]

"NIBIN has been around since the 1990s and has generated 99,000 leads for police and other law enforcement agencies."

I guess it's "new to them"....

 

[WanMan99]

Swap out barrel.. Check.
Swap out firing pin to change impact impression...Check
Or, use revolver to retain cases...Check

$400k well spent

 

[JayMcB]

Swap out barrel.. Check.
Swap out firing pin to change impact impression...Check
Or, use revolver to retain cases...Check

$400k well spent

I did **NOT** spend that much on barrels, firing pins or revolvers.....

 

[ThePreBanMan]

revolvers leave no casings.

 

[snax]

I did **NOT** spend that much on barrels, firing pins or revolvers.....

I think he was talking about the 400K the PD spent on the ID system.

This only works, I'm guessing, for a crime commited with a semi-auto.. but...
What's to stop someone from grabbing a bunch of say... 45ACP casings from a range and using a .45ACP revolver in a crime? Drop the casings from the range. The casings from the revolver are retained.

 

[JayMcB]

sorry....the wooshing noise you heard was my sarcasm flying over your head

 

[nstassel]

Breach face impressions aren't so easy to change though

 

[Dadstoys]

You don't need to be a Dr. Evil level criminal genius .

 

[strangenh]

99,000 leads and almost no crimes solved sure sounds like a wild waste of resources.

 

[MisterHappy]

Always police your brass. It's not just politeness at the range, you know....

 

[Uzi2]

Always police your brass. It's not just politeness at the range, you know....

Better yet, police the police brass and drop it everywhere in high crime neighborhoods.

 

[Dennis in MA]

99,000 leads and almost no crimes solved sure sounds like a wild waste of resources.

But if it saves just one child. . . who already got shot because we've got the spent case. . . . Hmmm. Wait. Dammit!

It's the Law & Order Effect. It was on L&O 20 years ago so it must be effective!